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3 unusual facts about Frank Pulli


Frank Pulli

Along with fellow umpire, Rich Garcia, Pulli was placed on probation by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, in 1989 when he learned that they had placed bets on non-baseball sporting events with an illegal bookmaker.

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Bill Russell dropped the ball momentarily (not ruled a catch by second base umpire Joe Brinkman), then flipped it to second baseman Davey Lopes, but Lopes' throw to first caromed off the leg of Reggie Jackson, standing in the baseline between first and second, and went behind first base.

Many umpires, including Ted Barrett, believed that the use of the technology dramatically changed the way umpires judged the strike zone and that he, and others, adjusted their calls to the technology.



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