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Eric Gregg

Edgy DC Jun 05 2006 03:35 PM

Felled by a stroke. The prognosis looks pretty bad. He wasn't a very good umpire, at least during the second half of his career, and was one of the fools who lost his job over the foolish Richie Phillips gambit. I liked him anyhow. He cried like a baby when John McSherry died. I was looking for a reference to that and found this 10-year-old atrticle about his struggles.

Elster88 Jun 05 2006 03:47 PM

Are you sure you don't listen to talk radio?

Farmer Ted Jun 05 2006 03:58 PM

Had the good fortune of attending a Duke basketball game in Durham several years ago. I was in the restroom heading out the door and he was coming in. He attended the weight loss clininc at Duke several times http://www.cfl.duke.edu/(bqztc545nojoyxrbit24oiz0)/dfc/home/ and he must have been "in residence" during that time. He was also commissioner of WING BOWL http://www.610wip.com/wingbowl/ in Philly, an annual hot wing eating competition.

Edgy DC Jun 05 2006 04:29 PM

]Are you sure you don't listen to talk radio? Mos' def'.

Zvon Jun 05 2006 05:04 PM

This is sad news. Wasnt the greatest of umps, but as good or better than many I see umping these days.

Edgy DC Jun 05 2006 05:45 PM

If this is it for him, he sure seems to have enjoyed life.

Frayed Knot Jun 05 2006 09:34 PM

Died tonight at age 55.

ScarletKnight41 Jun 05 2006 09:47 PM

RIP Eric.

Zvon Jun 05 2006 09:55 PM

:(

Edgy DC Jun 05 2006 10:15 PM

I'd like to take this moment to say that I was not the Met fan who peed on Eric. Goodbye, man.

seawolf17 Jun 06 2006 08:46 AM

I was a fan; I know he wasn't the best technical umpire in the world, but he was fun to watch. He had a lot of good stories in the old Ron Luciano books.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 06 2006 09:11 AM

Too bad. Remember his presence well.