By Rex Naylor / / Podcasts, Baseball
Back When There Was Baseball: Rich Garcia

American League umpire Rich Garcia joins us this week on the podcast.  Rich 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).  Rich 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.  Rich was scheduled to be the left field umpire in Game 3 of the 1989 World Series before the earthquake delayed the series.  Enjoy this look Back When There Was Baseball with umpire Rich Garcia.