Why do baseball umpires wear uniform numbers?

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Shalom For MVPs! [Blogdome]
Published 5/28/2008 by Will Leitch at Deadspin
... [King Of Cartoons] • No more Big Monday with Gonzaga. [Storming The Floor] • Loving that Jay Bruce. [Diamond Hoggers] • Larry Bird, in a good mood. [Indy Cornrows] • The best NBA blocks. [The Angry T] • The worst NFL QB combos. [End Zone Buzz] • Billy Beane, talking more to Athletics Nation. [Athletics Nation] • What it means to be a female sports fan. [Ladies ...] • Why do umps have numbers? [Wicked Good Sports] ...

HHR Hugs It Out [5.28.08]
Published 5/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hugging Harold Reynolds) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
... Just your typical Tuesday night at The Bank (The Fightins') Why do baseball umpires wear uniform numbers? (Wicked Good Sports) Players Club freelancers to Lenny Dykstra: Dude??!! (Phils-ville) Today's stabbing is brought to you by a mustachioed Raiders fan (Shutdown Corner) James Posey inspires Cheap Trick lyrics (LOL Jocks) State Trooper Giambi makes triumphant return (The Sports Hernia) The 10 Hottest Pro Athlete Daughters - With Video! (All Balls)Today at Gem ...

Blog-A-Rhythm: Bert Blyleven Loves To Pass Gas
Published 5/29/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... to finally get gold through hypnosis . • SIMON ON SPORTS is sad to see the retirement of their favorite tennis player - Gustavo Kuerten . • WALKOFF WALK argues that if the Mets run off Willie Randolph , GM Omar Minaya should be told sayonara , too . • LARRY BROWN SPORTS wonders if the Dodgers feel scalped, as Braves GM Frank Wren says they knew the right time to get rid of Andruw Jones . • WICKED GOOD SPORTS wonders why umpires wear uniform numbers .

Shouldn’t It Be Called a War of Tug?
Published 5/30/2008 by Paul Lukas at Uni Watch
... (with thanks to Ryan Connelly). … Amusing rant here on umpires’ uniform numbers. Not sure how accurate it is, though — it claims that No. 2 has been retired twice (for A.L. ump Nick Bremigan and N.L. ump Jocko Conlan), but as Jeffrey Soderberg points out, that number is currently worn by ...