Edwin Americus Rommel ( September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ...September 13, Events January 1 _ Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. ...1897 _ August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ...August 26, 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...1970) was an The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...American right_handed This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ...Major League Baseball for the The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. ...Philadelphia Athletics from See also: 1919 in sports, 1921 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball January 3 _ Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan, beginning The curse of the Bambino. This was the prelude...1920 to See also: 1931 in sports, 1933 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball Brooklyns major league baseball team, known informally until now as the Superbas, the Robins, or the Trolley Dodgers, officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers. ...1932 who went on to have a successful second career as a major league Home plate umpire Gary Darling signals that the last pitch was a strike In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and meting out discipline. ...umpire.

Born in City nickname: Charm City Location in the state of Maryland Founded 30 July 1729 County Independent city Mayor Martin OMalley ( Dem) Area  _ Total  _ Water 1,214. ...Baltimore, Maryland, he won twenty games twice, in See also: 1921 in sports, 1923 in sports and the list of years in sports. Football (Australian Rules) Victorian Football League _ Fitzroy wins the 26th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 11. ...1922 and See also: 1924 in sports, 1926 in sports and the list of years in sports. Football (American) Chicago Cardinals win National Football League title Football (Australian Rules) Victorian Football League Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne join the league Geelong wins the 29th VFL Premiership (Geelong 10. ...1925. Towards the end of his career, he relied mostly on the A knuckleball (or knuckler for short) is a baseball pitch thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. ...knuckleball.

After retiring as a player, Rommel returned to the The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...American League as an umpire in See also: 1937 in sports, 1939 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball World Series: New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4_0. ...1938, remaining on the league staff through the See also: 1958 in sports, 1960 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Lee Petty won the inaugural Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship — Lee Petty Indianapolis 500 — Rodger Ward USAC Racing — Rodger Ward Formula One Champion — Australia 24 hours of Le Mans: Carroll Shelby...1959 season. He worked in the In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ...World Series in The 1943 World Series matched the defending champion St. ...1943 and The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning the Series in 7 games for their first title since 1943, and the 11th championship in team history. ...1947, serving as crew chief the first time, and becoming the third person to appear in the Series both as a player and as an umpire. He also umpired in the The Major League Baseball All_Star Game is an annual exhibition baseball game between the best players from the National League and the American League. ...All_Star Game six times: 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1954 and 1958; he called balls and strikes in the 1943, '54 and '58 contests. Rommel was the second base umpire for the one_game playoff to decide the See also: 1947 in sports, 1949 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball January 29: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players. ...1948 AL pennant.

Rommel died in Baltimore at age 72.

External link

• Baseball_Reference.com  (http://www.baseball_reference.com/r/rommeed01.shtml) _ career statistics and analysis