That’s the nature of being a Major League ump. ... Dave Phillips, ... There’s perhaps no umpire in the history of baseball who would have appreciated instant replay more than Jim Joyce.

Dave Phillips’ journey from an Alameda screenprinter to the exclusive producer of rosin bags for Major League ... But MLB wanted to change that. Suddenly, umpires were ejecting players on a ...

Dave Phillips' worst fears ... ended when I called his family and they already had received two or three calls from people threatening them," said Phillips, who worked as a major league umpire ...