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Kill the Umpire
UNITED STATES · 1950

Kill the Umpire

Frank Tashlin
baseball career transition sports authority family influence redemption
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Synopsis

Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and can

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