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Topic: Bob Davidson (umpire)

	STL Outsider: Balking Bob Davidson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		MLB has hired back three of the umpires who took part in the idiotic mass resignation scheme in 1999, among them Bob Davidson, who worked in the Midwest League in 2004.
		Umpires have been known to get a little lazy crouching down to see the low pitches, but that wasn't the case with Davidson.
		Davidson probably was the oldest umpire in the Midwest League by twenty years (and he's bald enough to make it obvious), but he really seemed to enjoy himself at A-ball.
	stloutsider.blogspot.com /2004/12/balking-bob-davidson.html (159 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - No minor goal: Davidson wants back in the majors
		Bob Davidson, left, was an umpire in the majors for 18 seasons, the last of which came in 1999.
		Davidson is one of the nine, and though they still have a lawsuit pending, he's essentially given up waiting for a court remedy.
		Davidson qualified as a minor-league umpire this spring and threw his luggage into a car with 21-year-old umpire Scott Jarrod, who was born the year Davidson first reached the majors.
	espn.go.com /mlb/columns/caple_jim/1572116.html (1706 words)

	Loretta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Umpire Bob Davidson ejects Phil Garner in the third inning after an arguement over a warning given to P Steve Woodard.
		The 23-year-old rookie capitalized on plate umpire Bob Davidson's generous strike zone and stayed ahead of the Pirates' batters throughout.
		The third plunking resulted in a warning from Davidson.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/wed/brew52798.stm (685 words)

	Latest Umpire News
		Davidson is among three umpires who will be rehired by Major League Baseball as part of a settlement of the nasty dispute that cost 22 umps their jobs in 1999.
		The umpires will be brought back as part of a new five-year labor contract that was agreed to Wednesday, a deal that also settles the 1½-year-old grievance umpires filed over a computer system baseball has used to evaluate plate umps.
		Phillips, whose Major League Umpires Association was replaced by the World Umpires Association in late 1999, did not return a message left at his office in suburban Philadelphia.
	www.majorleagueumpires.com /news.htm (643 words)

	Once blind, former major league umpire now sees
		Davidson is one of the remaining nine, and he could continue to wait for a judge to rule on his bid for reinstatement.
		Davidson, a solidly built 50-year-old with sandy hair still clinging to the sides of his head, seems sincere and resolute.
		Davidson's reply is that the front office in New York has changed since 1999, and that he has, too.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /baseball/127320_leve19.html (1232 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Rockies
		Davidson was prepared to move up to the next rung on the umpiring ladder in 2005 and work in an advanced Class A league.
		Because Davidson was able to maintain his service time in the majors, there will be a nice financial booster rocket to his return, a salary of nearly $275,000 for the full season.
		To the young umpires there trying, as Davidson once did, to work their way up, Davidson is more than a footnote to labor history, an umpire who had taken a long, hard fall.
	www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/rockies/article/0,1299,DRMN_19_3441803,00.html (1323 words)

	WUA - Grappling With the OddsA Second Time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Umpire Bob Davidson is on the Comeback Trail.
		Davidson lost his job four years ago, along with several other MLB umpires, when a ploy by his union during a labor dispute quickly self-destructed.
		Davidson said it was pretty much common knowledge that he was a former MLB umpire on a minor league field.
	www.worldumpires.com /features/120103Davidson.htm (972 words)

	Sports: The Cincinnati Post
		Former big-league umpires Bob Davidson and Tom Hallion will return to work this week in the low minors, more than 3 1/2 years after losing their jobs in the majors.
		Davidson and Hallion were among the 22 umps who took part in a failed mass resignation plan in September 1999.
		Hallion and Davidson went through an umpire evaluation course in Florida in March, along with 49 aspiring umps, and were hired.
	www.cincypost.com /2003/06/17/umpires06-17-2003.html (553 words)

	Can't Stop The Bleeding » Schmuck Takes On Balkin’ Bob
		Davidson used to be known as “Balkin’ Bob,” back before he temporarily lost his job in the umpire labor war in 1999.
		Still, Davidson called the balk with the score tied in the eighth inning and the game dragging on to the point where it apparently was questionable whether he would make his flight to Tampa for the series between the Devil Rays and the Chicago White Sox.
		That may be true, but nobody in baseball is able to detect such minuscule movement better than Davidson, whose tendencies are well-known to pitching coaches, some of whom instruct their pitchers to be on their best balk-free behavior when Davidson is in the ballpark.
	www.cantstopthebleeding.com /index.php?p=1776 (752 words)

	The Hawk Eye Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Davidson was one of 56 umpires who tendered their resignations during a labor dispute with Major League Baseball in 1999.
		Davidson received an encouraging sign this spring when he was selected to work 30 spring training games.
		Until that time, Davidson is enjoying his time back on the field and helping his young partners reach their ultimate goal as well.
	www.thehawkeye.com /features/2004/Bees/bees3_0606.html (1218 words)

	homers092198 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Rule 9.02 (a) of the Official Baseball Rules states: ''Any umpire's decision which involves judgment, such as, but not limited to, whether a batted ball is fair or foul, whether a pitch is a strike or a ball, or whether a runner is safe or out, is final.''
		Davidson, a member of the NL staff since 1983, said he couldn't be swayed by the fact the ball came off McGwire's bat.
		Davidson swears he was in good position to make the call.
	www.cincypost.com /sports/1998/homers092198.html (479 words)

	Cards appeal call negating No. 66 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Davidson barely had time to spin around but says he was in good position to make the call.
		After catching the ball with his glove, Chapes was swarmed by the crush of fans, but he insisted he was doubled over a chain-link fence behind the railing, not in front of it as the umpire ruled.
		But Davidson ruled Chapes had interfered by reaching over the yellow railing at the 392-foot sign and pulling the ball in.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/bb/98/09/21/mark.html (671 words)

	Major League Umpires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This means he serves as a liaison between Major League Baseball and the major league umpires.
		(Was a well known and respected umpire from 1978-91, his umpiring career was shortened on July 6, 1991 when he was shot in the back while coming to the aid of a robbery victim.
		(Former umpire spent 32 years in the majors and was the first umpire to eject Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry for throwing a doctored baseball.
	www.angelfire.com /mb/markssigningbonus/umpires.html (985 words)

	The Michigan Daily Online
		Everybody but second-base umpire Bob Davidson thought McGwire had No. 66 in the fifth inning, when he sent a line drive deep to left-center field off rookie Rod Henderson.
		But Davidson ruled that a fan had interfered by reaching over the yellow railing at the 392-foot sign and pulling the ball in.
		It has been the source of several disputes since, mostly because there's a chain-link fence between the padding and the yellow rail, making it difficult for umpires to tell for certain whether a ball clears the rail, hits right in front of it and bounces over or even if a fan reaches over.
	www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1998/sep/09-21-98/sports/sports3.html (519 words)

	NewStandard: 9/21/98
		Davidson barely had time to spin around, but swears he was in good position to make the ball.
		The yellow pipe was installed about 18 inches above the outfield wall padding for the 1983 season, after a fan reached down and snatched a ball from Ben Oglivie's grasp in the 1982 AL playoffs.
		Mark McGwire thought he had hit his second home run of the game yesterday, but umpire Bob Davidson tells him to stay at second base with a double after ruling that a fan had reached into the field to grab the ball.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/09-98/09-21-98/d05sp104.htm (1063 words)

	NewStandard: 9/22/98
		NL president Len Coleman telephoned Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty and told him umpire Bob Davidson's call Sunday would not be reviewed.
		In the fifth, he hit a line drive to left-center field that wound up in the seats, but Davidson ruled that a fan reached over the wall to pull it in.
		Davidson, the second-base umpire, stopped McGwire at second base with a double.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/09-98/09-22-98/d03sp122.htm (401 words)

	Mets bench coach Sandy Alomar ejected - Boston.com - Baseball - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		New York Mets bench coach Sandy Alomar was ejected from the dugout in the first inning of Sunday's game against the Houston Astros while taking up an argument with third base umpire Rob Drake after manager Willie Randolph had returned from airing his gripe to the rest of the crew.
		But it was only ball three, so plate umpire Bob Davidson called time out and told him to return to the batter's box.
		Lance Berkman was on first base at the time and apparently also thought it was ball four because he began slowly heading to second base with his head down.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/07/31/mets_bench_coach_sandy_alomar_ejected (289 words)

	CNN/SI - Baseball MLB - Fan sues to get ball from McGwire's disputed double - Friday September 25, 1998 02:38 PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Posted: Friday September 25, 1998 02:38 PM Chapes also is fighting the trespassing fine he received when umpire Bob Davidson ruled he interfered with a ball in play
		Chapes also is fighting the trespassing fine he received when second-base umpire Bob Davidson ruled he interfered with a ball in play, sending McGwire back to second with a ground-rule double instead of his 66th home run and Chapes out of County Stadium with a $518.50 citation.
		Davidson ruled fan interference when he saw Chapes' mitt inch over the yellow railing.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/1998/09/25/double_suit (556 words)

	Umpires Hallion, Davidson set to start over in minors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Former big league umpires Bob Davidson and Tom Hallion will return to work this week in the low minors, more than 31/2 years after losing their jobs in the majors.
		Hallion and Davidson both went through an umpire evaluation course in Florida in March, along with 49 aspiring umps, and were hired.
		He's sure to see some familiar territory in his return to the game, having worked in the New York-Penn League more than 20 years ago on his way up to the big leagues.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/06/16/sports1805EDT0392.DTL&type=printable (503 words)

	The Capital Times
		Weeks said he saw Stanton step toward home plate as he threw over to first and that's why he took a couple of steps off the bag himself.
		First base umpire Paul Schrieber ruled exactly that, allowing Chris Magruder to score from third and giving the Brewers (44-46) their fourth straight victory.
		Brewers manager Ned Yost didn't have a good view of the play because he watched the last seven innings on the television in his office after getting tossed for arguing with home plate umpire Bob Davidson after Weeks struck out looking in the third.
	www.madison.com /tct/sports/index.php?ntid=47115&ntpid=0 (544 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller-Times / Fan interference ruins HR No. 66
		Umpire rules McGwire's second homer of day invalid
		But Davidson, a member of the NL staff since 1983, ruled that a fan had interfered by reaching over the yellow railing at the 392-foot sign and pulling the ball in.
		McGwire was forced to stop at second with a double - he rounded the bag, looking for a signal - as the crowd of 52,831 jeered and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa protested briefly.
	www.coastalbendhealth.com /sports98/sports20566.html (865 words)

	Baseball
		When my wife, Tammy, discovered just how much I enjoyed baseball and how much I improved after such little training, she decided to try to help me go as far as I could with this as a career.
		She contacted Umpire Development Program (UDP - the group that trains umpires to move into professional baseball).
		This is the list that UDP keeps in case they need additional umpires during the season.
	home.cfl.rr.com /knaffl/interest.htm (716 words)

	MLB Umpire Successes - Matt's Pen & Paper Heroes
		These are the successes that I have had with Major League Umpires, past and present.
		I have obtained these autographs by either sending requests to their home addresses.
		Please do not write me requesting umpire's home addresses.
	mattspenandpaperheroes.home.mindspring.com /umpires.html (126 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Cubs' Patterson ejected for arguing call (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		MILWAUKEE --Chicago Cubs outfielder Corey Patterson was ejected in the sixth inning Tuesday night for throwing his helmet into right field after arguing a call.
		First-base umpire Bob Davidson called Patterson out on a close play at first in the Cubs' game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
		Patterson then started walking to the Cubs dugout, but turned and tossed his helmet into right field, drawing the ejection from Davidson.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/05/03/cubs_patterson_ejected_for_arguing_call?mode=PF (140 words)

	Chicago Cubs : News : Chicago Cubs News
		Corey Patterson looks to first base after being ejected by first base umpire Bob Davidson.
		MILWAUKEE -- Corey Patterson is very quiet, and when he does talk it's barely above a whisper, so the sight of him arguing with an umpire and then throwing his helmet caught the Chicago Cubs off guard.
		Patterson was ejected in the sixth inning of Tuesday's 4-1 Cubs loss to the Milwaukee Brewers after he threw his helmet in the direction of umpire Bob Davidson.
	chicago.cubs.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20050503&content_id=1037237&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc (938 words)

	VOICE OF A SEASON TICKET HOLDER-KANE COUNTY COUGARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Both teams would end up with five hits, the diffrence in the game was the Cougars four errors and plate umpire Bob Davidson's strike zone.
		He would be balked to second on a throw to first.
		The 30 strike outs were incredible but you have to relize that Davidson strike zone was huge.
	malamut.net /091704.html (544 words)

	Atlanta Braves Info.
		Umpire Bob Davidson, to his credit, admitted later that he missed the call.
		If Sanders had been called out it would have been just the second triple play in Series history.
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	www.rhinotickets.com /mlb/braves-information.htm (539 words)

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		The dispute involved a rundown between first and second base on which Lance Berkman was tagged out.
		But it was only ball three, so plate umpire Bob Davidson called time and told Ensberg to return to the batter's box.
		Alomar argued that Berkman should be out because he strayed off the base.
	www.wzzm13.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=42522 (251 words)

	Baseball Photo Gallery (Baseball World)
		Felipe Alou being tossed from a game by umpire Bob Davidson (May 23, 1998)
		Rolando Arroja reacts to a question after the rest of his family has safely defected from Cuba (June 11, 1998)
		Bobby Bonilla shows the ball to the umpire after completing the triple play (June 13, 1998)
	www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Park/1138/photos/photos.html (665 words)

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		May 10, 1997: In San Francisco, the Cubs pull off the first triple play in the majors this year, taking advantage of the infield-fly rule and the wind at San Francisco to turn an odd one against the Giants.
		With two on, Stan Javier lofts a fly into shallow center field and umpire Bob Davidson waits before calling an infield fly rule.
		Three Cubs lunge for the ball before it bounces off center fielder Brian McRae's glove and hits the ground for the first out.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/chronology/includes/H/Hernandez_Jose.chr.stm (491 words)

	v5n16-mcgwire.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		McGwire hits No. 65; Umpire deletes No. 66
		MILWAUKEE (AP) - Mark McGwire's home run total might need an asterisk, after all.
		McGwire skipped batting practice Sunday before connecting for his 451st career homer, tying him with Carl Yastrzemski for 20th on the career list.
	www.csulb.edu /~d49er/fall98/v5n16-mcgwire.html (492 words)

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