Working a "Perfect Game"

Over the course of four years, prolific baseball writer and editor Bill Nowlin interviewed 72 major league umpires, another two dozen call-up and AAA umpires, and four umpire supervisors. The result is the most complete and intimate portrait ever done of a vitally important yet largely unappreciated aspect of professional baseball.

Nowlin s deep knowledge of the game and of umpiring and his conversational interview style provide the perfect setting for the umpires to open up about themselves...