Still, only ten African-Americans have followed directly in Ashford’s footsteps, and it wasn’t until this past February that Major League Baseball hired its first black umpire crew chief ...

A former umpire who was director of major league umpires from 2011-19, Marsh said African-Americans had been sent brochures to get them to attend umpire schools but didn’t want to start in the ...

They will also wear patches in honor of Emmett Ashford, the first Black umpire in 1966. It's the first MLB game at Rickwood Field in its 114-year history where the Birmingham Black Barons played ...

The 39th annual Greater Flint African American Sports Hall of Fame Induction ... in Flint City League basketball and first black umpire in Flint City League baseball. Pritchard, who also served ...

CAPE TOWN, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Former international cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen died on Tuesday in a car accident in South Africa, his family said. Koertzen, 73, was on the International Cricket ...

Rudi Koertzen first umpired in 1981 and retired in 2010. South African former umpire Rudi Koertzen has died at the age of 73 following a car accident. A family spokesperson told the AFP news ...