As talked to (or taped by) Sports Illustrated's Robert Creamer,
this is a replay of Jocko's thirty odd years in major league
baseball, primarily as the umpire he became at 36 in 1936. John
Bertrand Conlan, who at one point found his height (wrongly) a
handicap, delivers a good many facts about umpiring per se (not
"call 'em as you see 'em" but "see 'em first"), umpiring should be
more uniform in both leagues; be firm and fair; and about the game,
signals, spitballs (they don't exist) beanballs (a real danger)
etc. And also about managers, Casey, Durocher "the king of the
complainers," and players, many of the great - Mays, Robinson,
Williams. There's no big story here but Conlan keeps loose and
slips a fair amount of information across home plate. (Kirkus
Reviews)
The ultimate umpire relives the good old days on the diamond. Jocko
Conlan was an outfielder for the Chicago White Sox when, one
afternoon in 1936, he became an umpire. Thus began a career lasting
more than a quarter century, most of it with the National League.
Through the skillful writing of Robert W. Creamer, the ebullient
Jocko makes his many years of umpiring so real that the reader can
smell the peanuts and hear the swat of the ball. "Jocko" is packed
with funny stories about famous players and the beleaguered
umpire's lot.
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