MLB has confirmed the content of the UEFL's report regarding umpire roster changes for the 2013 season. As reported in January, first as a rumor on 1/10 (Unconfirmed: MLB Hires Carapazza, Porter, Gonzalez) and then as a confirmed story on 1/24 (Confirmed: 3 MLB Umps Hired, 3 Retired, 3 New Crew Chiefs), MLB made the following changes to its full-time umpiring staff. Today's formal press release makes it official:
Hired: Vic Carapazza, Manny Gonzalez, Alan Porter.
Promoted to Crew Chief: Ted Barrett, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Joyce
Retired: Derryl Cousins, Ed Rapuano, Tim Tschida.
For more information about each hire, promotion and retirement, visit the January 24 piece.
News: Umpiring staff changes for 2013 announced (MLB)
Good job guys. Another winner. Too bad MLB tends to be a month late with releasing any news story...
ReplyDeleteCousins was fired......rap was afraid....and Tschida went crazy, banned from MLB parks and committed to the funny farm. I guess the NY Dailey article wasn't too far off. Really happy for the new hires!!
ReplyDeleteAny word on why Tim Tschida retired?
ReplyDeleteTschida retired due to repeated injuries not to mention the current retirement package
ReplyDeleteNot true.....
DeleteMarty Foster gets off to a good start in defending his Crown by ejecting Chris Stewart today (Feb 28) in TOR @ NYY game.
ReplyDeleteRight. Basically, the umps pension plan/etc is pretty good, especially with the WUA negotiations under Hirschbeck and then Joe West. It's a place where once you put in 15-20 years, you stick around primarily for the love of the game. If you retire, you're not going to the poor house or anything, MLB will take care of you. It's because of the injuries, the travel, but not because of anything that happens on the field. Tschida looked a little stiff these past few years, I'd surmise injury too.
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