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Podcast: Reading Baseball
Episode: Reading Baseball: Kill the umpire?
Description: (KeithJJ/Pixabay / https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/06/04/02/35/baseball-1434883_960_720.jpg)On September 10 at Saluki Stadium, the football Salukis lost a heartbreaker to Southeast Missouri State University.It featured a controversial ending that sent some Saluki coaches, players and fans into a fury.In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson looks at how baseball umpires are often the easiest to abuse.Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, the author of Growing Up With Clemente and the editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.