[MLB] Gerry Davis will retire after this season

[FredFan7]

.....or next if there is no season this year.

43 games short of 5,000. The goal is that milestone.

www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/last-call-nears-for-st-louis-bartender-turned-longtime-umpire-gerry-davis/article_fdb84832-3f30-59bd-8192-ac70b66ac006.html

[mike]

Hopefully he can stay healthy and reach that milestone. In his prime, he was probably the best Umpire in all of Major League Baseball. You rarely saw a dust up when he was Crew Chief. Unfortunately I think his skills behind the plate have slipped in recent years (although I would never come close to Gerry Davis on his worst day) and he has not exactly been that strong when it comes to replay.

[FredFan7]

West is on pace to break Klem's all-time games-umpired record this year too. He will most likely retire after this season too.

MiLB is looking at possible contraction which means it would be even harder to become a professional umpire, let alone a MLB umpire.