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Back When There Was Baseball: Rich Garcia
American League umpire Rich Garcia joins us this week. Richie was one of the most highly respected umpires of his time period (1976-1999). During his career, he worked 2 All-Star games (1980, 1992), 3 ALDS (1995, 1997, 1998), 5 ALCS (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996) and 4 World Series (1981, 1984, 1989, 1998). Richie was part of some memorable post-season games including the great 1982 ALCS between the Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels. He was the first base umpire in Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS when Donnie Moore served up the infamous home run ball to Dave Henderson of the Red Sox. Richie was…
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