The Umpire Is Out: Calling the Game and Living My True Self

by Rob Neyer and Dale Scott

Book Overview

Dale Scott's career as a professional baseball umpire spanned nearly forty years, including thirty-three in the Major Leagues, from 1985 to 2017. He worked exactly a thousand games behind the plate, calling balls and strikes at the pinnacle of his profession, working in every Major League Baseball stadium, and interacting with dozens of other top-flight umpires, colorful managers, and hundreds of players, from future Hall of Famers to one-game wonders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496230442
• ISBN13: 9781496230447
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"