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A great ump, an even better man

Imagine the grinding from the grandstands longtime local baseball umpire Fred Atiyeh took in three decades behind the plate. Forget the fact he was a top-notch game caller and an even better man. Precision and ethics mean nothing to baseball fans, who know it’s their God-given right, indeed their duty, to razz the umpire at every opportunity.

What kind of baseball town are we? Ignorable, it seems

According to the folks at WalletHub.com, St. Louis is the country’s No. baseball town. Where is Las Vegas? That’s hard to say. For some reason, the survey outfit listed “Paradise, NV” at No. 210.