Owners, meanwhile, seemed almost pleased. The other 11 were expected to announce their resignations in the next few days. What set the umpires off this time was NL president Len Coleman's three-day suspension of umpire Tom Hallion on July 2 for bumping a player. It was the first such action that baseball officials could remember. The tension is much greater than it's ever been.
Baseball is in a state of chaos.
He said umpires will form a new corporation on Sept. 3 and the AL and NL would have to contract for services with the new body. Umpires would supervise themselves and make their own schedules, he said. Owners, however, could hire umpires from minor leagues, high schools and colleges, as they have during previous work stoppages. Games resume Thursday. Kingsbury NKU leads state in sports gender equity Unseeded Pressel in Met semis Met tennis results, schedule Kruer vs. Eberle for golf championship N.Ky.