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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 9, 2012 14:34:31 GMT -5
es.pn/AgFLQmHe was a long time National League umpire and was a great one. He was strict without being overbearing, and made tough calls without fear of reprisal. He is Hunter's dad. My condolences to all who knew and loved him.
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 9, 2012 14:44:16 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 9, 2012 14:49:09 GMT -5
Nice photo gallery of Mr. Wendelstedt from his local paper. bit.ly/A7GMZp |
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 9, 2012 14:57:10 GMT -5
Hunter got to serve as ball boy for dad on the road one time:  |
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 9, 2012 16:51:19 GMT -5
Mr. Wendelstedt in a more heated moment.  |
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Post by nyasablue on Mar 9, 2012 16:52:22 GMT -5
Hunter got to serve as ball boy for dad on the road one time: And then got to work on the field with his dad in the bigs....has to be the only time that ever happened.. RIP Harry |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2012 19:29:55 GMT -5
No official in any sport in my lifetime has epitomized "integrity" any greater than Harry Wendelstedt. His legacy is remarkable. May God bless his family.
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Post by cj on Mar 11, 2012 8:49:31 GMT -5
I know it's baseball but the man was a very important official as a major league baseball umpire. He passed away on Friday and condolences to Hunter and the rest of the family.
Interesting, the obit in the NY Times has one glaring error. Harry retired several years before the mlb umpiring staffs were combined and worked only in the NL. In the Times obit, it talks about umpire supervisor Cal Hubbard only wanting big men to be umpires. Sorry NY Times. Hubbard was the AL supervisor and because of the outside chest protector indeed wanted bigger men for his league.
Oh well.
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Post by howard63 on Mar 11, 2012 13:01:39 GMT -5
Harry was in the same umpire school class with Ron Luciano. Luciano said in one of his books that Harry was one of the best he saw at handling the outside protector.
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 12, 2012 14:07:17 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Apr 6, 2012 22:37:01 GMT -5
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