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Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)
Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)

Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)

Date9/3/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blindsided Brinkman as he Joined teammate Cecil Espy in the hunt for a Kelly Gruber pop fly. Brinkman spent some time after the game with an ice pack on a bruise above his right knee.
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Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)
Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)
9/3/1988
Hit it! Fred McGriff takes Mookie Wilson's advice and hits the deck as he scores Jays' third run in a four-raun fourth inning. A's catcher Terry Steinbach wits for the late throw
Hit it! Fred McGriff takes Mookie Wilson's advice and hits the deck as he scores Jays' third run in a four-raun fourth inning. A's catcher Terry Steinbach wits for the late throw
10/6/1989
Then, as these pictures by Star photographer Tony Bock show, Blue Jays' right fielder Jesse Barfield was seized by a playfull mood and swiftly made a mock attack on the ump
Then, as these pictures by Star photographer Tony Bock show, Blue Jays' right fielder Jesse Barfield was seized by a playfull mood and swiftly made a mock attack on the ump
6/21/1987
Apoplectic Alomar goes after Mike Reilley after the UMP blew a call on the sliding Jay at home plate
Apoplectic Alomar goes after Mike Reilley after the UMP blew a call on the sliding Jay at home plate
10/18/1992
Emphatic Ump
Emphatic Ump
7/31/1977
We got it, Ump
We got it, Ump
6/27/1978
At home: Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek is a native Minnesotan who says he has it all as he is able to indulge his passions, baseball and hunting
At home: Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek is a native Minnesotan who says he has it all as he is able to indulge his passions, baseball and hunting
9/27/1991
Not even close: Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber has all day to put the tag on Kansas City's Bo Jackson, who was thrown out trying to steal third
Not even close: Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber has all day to put the tag on Kansas City's Bo Jackson, who was thrown out trying to steal third
4/21/1990
Gotcha: Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber pursues, dives and tags scrambling Rex Sox catcher Tony Pena in the seventh inning after he was caught rounding third base and tried to hot-foot it home
Gotcha: Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber pursues, dives and tags scrambling Rex Sox catcher Tony Pena in the seventh inning after he was caught rounding third base and tried to hot-foot it home
8/11/1991
All-Star hug: A young Blue Jay fan embraces Toronto second baseman Robrto Alomar yesterday as Number 12 signed autographs before joining the All-Star Game at the sold-out SkyDome
All-Star hug: A young Blue Jay fan embraces Toronto second baseman Robrto Alomar yesterday as Number 12 signed autographs before joining the All-Star Game at the sold-out SkyDome
7/9/1991
Crunch! I've got it! I've got it! Cleveland catcher Joel Skinner and third baseman Brook Jacoby chase down a Jay popfly and manage to record the out
Crunch! I've got it! I've got it! Cleveland catcher Joel Skinner and third baseman Brook Jacoby chase down a Jay popfly and manage to record the out
5/16/1989
On the mark: Jays' catcher Randy Knorr tags Boston second baseman Scott Fletcher out at the plate on a throw from outfielder Shawn Green last night
On the mark: Jays' catcher Randy Knorr tags Boston second baseman Scott Fletcher out at the plate on a throw from outfielder Shawn Green last night
6/22/1994