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1970 National League Championship Series

-- Please don't link Game 1 names other than Morgenweck; minor league umpires, non-notable - User:MisfitToys -->John Grimsley, Fred Blandford, Hank Morgenweck, George Grygiel (Game 1); Stan Landes, Paul Pryor, Doug Harvey, Bob Engel, Harry Wendelstedt, Nick Colosi (Games 2–3)

Frank Umont

Umpires on that crew included eventual Hall of Fame inductee Doug Harvey from the National League; Don Denkinger, who would go on to work in the AL for 29 seasons and is best remembered for his missed call in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series; and Jake O'Donnell, who left umpiring after that season to focus on his NBA officiating career, which would see him work the NBA Finals in every season from 1972 through 1994.


see also

Rumpsville

A reference to Rumpsville can be found in the book Rat Fink: The Art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Last Gasp Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-86719-545-2 by Douglas Nason, Greg Escalante, and Doug Harvey.