Vic Carapazza

19 – Vic Carapazza
Born (1979-07-06) July 6, 1979
Port Jefferson, New York
MLB debut April 9, 2010
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Victor Joseph "Vic" Carapazza (born July 6, 1979) is a Major League Baseball umpire. He wears uniform number 19, and previously wore uniform number 85.

Biography

Carapazza was born in Port Jefferson, New York.[1]

He made his Major League Baseball umpiring debut on April 9, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees 9–3, working third base in that game.[2]

He umpired in 29 games in 2010, and returned in 2011, umpiring in 133 games.[3]

Carapazza was later on hired to the full-time Major League Baseball staff in early January 2013.[4]

He is the son-in-law of former American League umpire Rich Garcia.[5]

He served as the right-field umpire during the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, marking his first such assignment. Carapazza also umpired in the 2014 National League Division Series, and in Game 2 he ejected Washington Nationals second baseman Asdrúbal Cabrera and manager Matt Williams in the 10th inning for arguing balls and strikes.

In 2015, he was heavily criticized by some players and media members after Game 2 of the 2015 American League Division Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers for what some saw as an inconsistent strike zone.[6][7]

While serving as the third-base umpire in Game 5 of the 2015 American League Division Series, Carapazza ejected Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Michael Saunders for arguing from the dugout over a reversed call at home plate.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vic Carapazza". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ April 9, 2010, Yankees at Rays, Retrosheet
  3. ↑ "Vic Carapazza". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  4. ↑ "MLB Hires Vic Carapazza, Porter, Gonzalez". Close Call Sports. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ "UEFL Profile of MLB Umpire: Vic Carapazza." Close Call Sports and the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League. March 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Umpire Carapazza's strike zone befuddled Blue Jays - Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Playoff Umps Are Screwing Up A Tenth Of Balls And Strikes". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  8. ↑ "MLB Ejection P-2,3: Carapazza, Scott (5, 2; Saunders, Buehrle)". CloseCallSports.com. October 14, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
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