Doug Harvey was so sure of his calls on the diamond, he ended every game the same way. Following the last out, the umpire took his wad of chewing tobacco and flung it on home plate. “I never did ...

This week flashes back six decades when future Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Doug Harvey became the last player-coach in NHL history. In addition to Harvey's remarkable double feat, he won the ...

EL CAJONEL CAJON — On Saturday afternoon in a quiet chapel, the stories about Doug Harvey started to flow and “somber” found itself getting the kind of heave-ho that would warm an old umpire ...

Doug Harvey March 3, 1930 – January 13, 2018 Visalia Born Harold Douglas Harvey on March 3, 1930 in Southgate, CA, to Harold Woollen and Margaret Mae Harvey. Passed to his heavenly Father at age ...

VISALIA, Calif. — Doug Harvey was so sure of his calls on the diamond, he ended every game the same way. Following the last out, the umpire took his wad of chewing tobacco and flung it on home ...

VISALIA, Calif. -- Doug Harvey was so sure of his calls on the diamond, he ended every game the same way. Following the last out, the umpire took his wad of chewing tobacco and flung it on home plate.

In 1974, the Major League Baseball Players Association ranked Harvey as the National League’s best umpire and the only one in the league worthy of its “excellent” rating. “Doug Harvey was ...