The philosopher Jacques Barzun thought that "whoever wants to know
the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." And
whoever wants to know baseball had better learn about umpires. As
Larry Gerlach points out in The Men in Blue, these arbiters
transform competitive chaos into organized sport. They make it
possible to "play ball," but nobody loves them. Considering the
abuse meted out by fans and players, why would any sane person want
to be an umpire? Many reasons emerge in conversations with a dozen
former major league arbiters. While nobody loves them, they love
the game. Gerlach has elicited entertaining stories from these
figures under fire--about their lonely travels, their dealings with
umpire baiters, battles for unionization, breaking through the
color line, and much more. From Beans Reardon, who came up to the
National League in 1926, to Ed Sudol, who retired in 1977, here is
a witty and telling portrait of baseball from the boisterous Golden
Age to the Jet Age of Instant Replay. Purchase the audio edition.
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