Official info
MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE TIME: 21 Years
CAREER: Joined the Major League staff in 1993...has worked the All-Star Game (1998, 2009), Division Series (1997, 99, 2000, 01, 03-04, 06, 09, 11-12), League Championship Series (2002, 07-08, 10), and World Series (2004, 09, 12)...graduated from the Wendelstedt Umpire School in 1982...was an instructor at MLB's inaugural Umpire Camps (MLBUC.com), held at MLB's Urban Youth Academy in Compton, California, in November 2006...previously umpired in the New York-Penn League (1982), Florida State League (1983-85), Southern League (1986-88) and American Association (1989-92)...was named a crew chief for the 2010 season...is the current representative for the Major League Umpires on the Official Playing Rules Committee...his father, Tom, was a Major League player with the New York Giants and a National League umpire from 1951-76...Tom also wore number 9 in the Major Leagues.
PERSONAL: Born in June 1959 in New York...married...received a dual B.S. in Marketing Management and Economics from the University of Delaware.
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