The Umpire Is Out Calling the Game and Living My True Self

The Umpire Is Out Calling the Game and Living My True Self / Dale Scott with Rob Neyer ; Foreword by Billy Bean.

"Dale Scott's career as a professional baseball umpire spanned nearly forty years, including thirty-three in the Major Leagues, from 1985 to 2017. He worked exactly a thousand games behind the plate, calling balls and strikes at the pinnacle of his profession, working in every Major League...

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Main Authors: Scott, Dale, 1959- (Author), Neyer, Rob (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Scott, Dale, > 1959-
1900-2099
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Baseball > United States > History > 21st century.
Baseball > United States > History > 20th century.
Gay athletes > United States > Biography.
Baseball umpires > United States > Biography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History.
Gay athletes
Discrimination in sports
Baseball umpires
Baseball
United States
History
Biographies
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • 1. Nutcutters, Polebenders, and Shithouses
  • 2. Eugene
  • 3. Playing the Game
  • 4. "You Were Terrible!"
  • 5. "He's That Blind SOB"
  • 6. Only in the Dominican
  • 7. Getting the Call
  • 8. When Sparky Quit Chewing
  • 9. "Mike, Your Mom Is Blasting Me"
  • 10. Sophomore Slump
  • 11. For the Last Time
  • 12. "I Can Put Two and Two Together"
  • 13. TK
  • 14. Hardly the First
  • 15. "What Do You Mean, Colorful?"
  • 16. Nolan and George
  • 17. Hello Again, Boss
  • 18. Jeffrey Who?
  • 19. A Long Way from Bradenton
  • 20. "What Flavor Was the Kool-Aid?"
  • 21. W.
  • 22. Like a Human Blood Clot
  • 23. "Hell Has Frozen Over"
  • 24. "Hey, Lou, You Missed a Spot"
  • 25. "I Am the Walrus"
  • 26. Postseason from Hell
  • 27. Get the Hell Out of the Way
  • 28. From Frank's Friendly to Jimmy Fallon
  • 29. Flip
  • 30. "I Can't Believe This Is Happening Again"
  • 31. No Complaints, No Regrets
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix
  • Index

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