He comes to home plate before the game and says, ‘Gentlemen, I’m done.’ He told us the only way he’d ever come back is if he ran out of money. I told him that if he ever ran out of money to call the umpires’ association and we’d take up a collection for him. We’d do anything, just to keep him off the field and away from us.
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| — | Former umpire Don Denkinger recalling a conversation from when he called one of Earl Weaver’s last games in the majors. |
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