A few veteran MLB umpires have determined to hold up the masks and chest protector.
Umpires Phil Cuzzi and Mark Carlson introduced their retirements on Friday. Cuzzi, 70, had labored in MLB since 1991, beginning of as a reserve umpire. Cuzzi had obtained some detrimental consideration for some terrible calls he made throughout a Philadelphia Phillies–San Francisco Giants recreation final yr.
One Phillies fan referred to as it one of many “worst performances” they’d ever seen.
Maybe the mixture of hitting the retirement age of 70, plus the backlash over the poor efficiency, led to the choice from Cuzzi.
Carlson is far youthful at 56, however he started as an umpire within the Nationwide League in 1999. He labored a number of playoff sequence throughout his profession, together with the World Collection in 2015, 2020 and 2024.
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