Scott Barry
Barry in 2017
Born: (1976-08-03) August 3, 1976 (age 47)
Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
MLB debut
June 4, 2006
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Scott Adam Barry (August 3, 1976) is currently an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). Scott made his debut as an MLB reserve umpire in 2006, and 2011 was his first full-time season as an MLB umpire. He lives in Quincy, Michigan.[1]

Early career

Barry officiated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, which used mostly minor league umpires. In 2007, Barry was the replacement umpire for Mike Winters after the latter was suspended for his part in an altercation with then-San Diego Padres outfielder Milton Bradley. Winters had allegedly profanely insulted Bradley prior to the altercation in which Bradley tore his ACL.[2] In 2011, Barry was one of two MLB umpires (the other being Brian O'Nora) who were selected to officiate in the Taiwan All-Star Series; Barry and O'Nora were joined by two Taiwanese umpires for the games.[3]

In August 2010, during a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals, Barry ejected Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman for tossing his bat after a strikeout.[4] Zimmerman later claimed that he was frustrated for striking out, but that "Barry believed the bat and helmet tossing... was directed at the umpire".[5] It was the second consecutive night with a Nationals ejection by Barry, as he had tossed 14-time All-Star catcher Iván Rodríguez on August 18 for disputing a check-swing strike call.[6] A few days later he ejected Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard in a 16-inning game against the Houston Astros for throwing his bat toward the dugout.[7] Both Zimmerman and Howard had never been ejected from a major league game prior to this. After this rough stretch of games, Barry, who was a minor league replacement umpire at the time, was not penalized by Major League Baseball but was instead promoted to a full-time major league umpire for the start of the 2011 season.[8]

Barry umpired in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game as well as the American League Division Series in 2012 and 2014. He wears uniform number 87.

See also

References

  1. ^ Village of Quincy to honor hometown MLB umpire | News | WTVB Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  2. ^ Bloom, Barry M. (September 26, 2007). "Umpire in Bradley incident suspended". Major League Baseball. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "Resilient Taiwan drop All-Stars series finale 6-4", Taipei Times, November 7, 2011
  4. ^ Kilgore, Adam (August 19, 2010). "Heyward's walk-off single sends Braves past Nationals". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  5. ^ Ladson, Bill (August 19, 2010). "Zim, Riggleman ejected from Nats' loss". Nationals.MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  6. ^ "Prado returns in style, as Braves pound Nats 10–2". Access North Georgia. August 18, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  7. ^ "Houston Astros - Philadelphia Phillies Box Scores, Game Results & Summary". USA Today. August 24, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  8. ^ "Ryan Howard Tossed: Why the MLB Needs to Rein in Its Umpires". Bleacher Report. August 25, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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