The Fall of the Roman Umpire Author:Ron Luciano From Library Journal Luciano, whose The Umpire Strikes Back and Strike Two were best sellers, teams up again with Fisher for another humorous look at baseball. After a light-hearted account of his progress from umpire to broadcaster to mere fan, and comments on ball parks and team mascots, Luciano introduces autobiographical vignettes by a lineu... more »p of 14 unheralded but appealing baseball journeymen. The brief stories of Greg Minton, Rocky Bridges, Tom Paciorek, Marc Hill, Julio Cruz, and others provide happy reading for Luciano fans. Good for most sports collections.« less
A fun look back at the baseball career of major league umpire Ron Luciano and mini autobiographies of many of the ballplayers he umpired for.
Humorous and entertaining.