• The 1979 Major League Umpires Association Strike was a labor action by the Major League Umpires Association (MLUA) against Major League Baseball (MLB)...
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  • The Major League Umpires Association (MLUA) was a union for the umpires of both the American League and the National League. It was formed in 1970. It...
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  • April – The 1979 Major League umpires strike begins with all umpires walking the picket lines, except two umpires (one from each league) who worked Opening...
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  • including 66 members of the Major League Umpires Association (MLUA), the official umpires union at the time. Unable to strike because they had a labor agreement...
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  • Dallas Parks (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    umpire. Parks was one of the eight minor league replacement umpires who was promoted to the major leagues during the 1979 Major League Umpires Strike...
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  • The Major League Baseball Umpires Association (MLBUA) is an organization of Major League Baseball (MLB) umpires. It was certified by the National Labor...
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    Derryl Cousins (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    replacement umpire during the 1979 Major League umpires strike and was the last replacement umpire from that strike to officiate in the league at the time...
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    umpires, who form the umpiring crew. The position is analogous to that of a referee in many other sports. In a game officiated by two or more umpires...
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    umpiring school and became a minor league umpire in 1974. In 1979, during the major league umpire strike, he turned down an offer for a major league position...
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  • Fred Spenn (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    baseball umpire. Spenn was one of the eight minor league replacement umpires who was promoted to the major leagues during the 1979 Major League Umpires Association...
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    University-Pueblo. Biography portal Baseball portal List of Major League Baseball umpires "Umpire Executives". MLB.com. Retrieved September 1, 2018. Gurnick...
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  • Pirates   Cardinals Braves Marlins Mets Phillies Nationals The 2024 Major League Baseball season (MLB) began on March 20–21 with a two-game series between...
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  • was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in Major League Baseball's American League from 1969 to 1979. He was known for his flamboyant style...
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  • Umpiring" from 1990 through 2012; many graduates became minor league umpires, and some later became major league umpires. In early 2012, Minor League...
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  • Frank Pulli (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    for the same offense. Pulli was also one of 22 umpires who participated in the 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation, orchestrated by...
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  • professional baseball player. Johnson was one of 22 umpires who lost their jobs amid the 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation. The resignations...
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  • Ted Hendry (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    List of Major League Baseball umpires Retrosheet Stone, Larry (September 25, 2012). "NFL officials dispute reminiscent of umpires strike of 1979". The Seattle...
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  • John Shulock (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    the regular major league umpires returned to work, Shulock and seven other replacement umpires were retained in the major leagues. Crossing the picket lines...
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  • Steve Fields (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    1979 Major League Baseball umpires strike as a replacement. As such, he was not permitted to join the Major League Umpires Association. In the 1979 season...
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  • directly from umpire schools. Umpires were then "sold" from league to league by word of mouth through the various league presidents. The umpire development...
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  • Curly Clement (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    the Red Sox and Cleveland Indians on April 5, 1979, during the 1979 Major League umpires strike. In the 1979 game, Clement called baseball Hall of Famer...
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  • Cardinals The 1980 Major League Baseball season concluded with the Philadelphia Phillies winning their first World Series championship. A strike during April...
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    was an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He joined the American League staff in 1979, and worked throughout both major leagues from 2000 to 2009...
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    office the Major League Umpires Union was threatening to strike the postseason. Ueberroth managed to arbitrate the disagreement and had the umpires back to...
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    Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada. It comprises...
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    umpire in Major League Baseball who pitched five innings in four games with the New York Giants in 1939, then went on to serve as a National League umpire...
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  • championship in franchise history. The Major League Umpires Association went on strike for Game 1 of each league's championship series on October 3. The...
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  • Cactus League and Grapefruit League exhibition contests begin with amateur umpires officiating on the field, when the Major League Umpires Association...
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  • Dave Pallone (category Major League Baseball umpires)
    during that year's strike by major league umpires. Pallone remained in the NL for ten years, and umpired in the 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game...
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  • 1936 – May 12, 2023) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League (AL) from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore...
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