Planet of the Umps
Subtitle: A Baseball Life from Behind the Plate
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: April 19, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780312304164
Subjects: Sports And Games; Sports Officiating; Sports & Recreation; Biography / Autobiography; Sports; Baseball - Essays & Writings; Personal Memoirs; Sports - Baseball; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Baseball - General; Sports - General; 1945-; Baseball; Baseball umpires; Biography; Kaiser, Ken,; United States
First sentence: Two things nobody grows up dreaming about being are broke and an umpire.
Description: An account of life as an umpire by one of major league baseball's most notorious figures shares his adventures on and off the field, from his career in the minor leagues to his experiences with such players as Mark McGwire and Nolan Ryan.