“No, I’m a Spectator Like You”: Umpiring in the Negro American League
Bob Motley umpired in the Negro American League from 1947 through 1958. The only surviving umpire from the Negro Leagues, he tells of his experience in “Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants and Stars: Umpiring in the Negro Leagues and Beyond” (Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing, 2007), which he coauthored with his son Byron Motley, and from which […]