"Today MLB remembers longtime American League Umpire Don Denkinger, who passed away at 86," MLB Communications posted to Twitter Friday. "The genial Denkinger was on the field from 1969-1998 and ...

His reputation as a lauded, longtime major-league umpire was overshadowed by a pivotal wrong call he made during the 1985 World Series. By Richard Goldstein Don Denkinger was regarded as one of ...

Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence, died May 12 at a hospice facility in Waterloo, Iowa.

With umpire Don Denkinger (left) watching, the Cardinals’ Todd Worrell stretched and caught the ball right before Jorge Orta’s foot touched first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.

Longtime MLB umpire Don Denkinger has died. He was 86. Denise Hanson, one of Denkinger's three daughters, announced on Friday that her father died at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, Iowa.

Longtime major league umpire Don Denkinger, who made a costly blown call at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series, has died, MLB announced Friday. He was 86. No cause of death was given.