Portland’s own Dale Scott was a professional baseball umpire for nearly 40-years, and he is the only umpire in the history of the MLB to come out as gay during his career. The co-author of "The ...

That’s kind of how those guys had to umpire.” Or as Dale Scott, another longtime former M.L.B. umpire, puts it: “He who yells loudest wins.” Now fast-forward several decades, to the replay ...

He was about to do something that he says every umpire does, though not all would admit to it: practice his strike three call in front of a mirror. Advertisement Scott’s call was unlike anyone ...