Gerald Sidney Davis (born February 22, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. After working in the National League from 1982 to 1999, he has umpired in both leagues since 2000.
He began umpiring in the minor leagues in 1976, working his way up to the American Association before being promoted to the majors. He officiated in the World Series in 1996, 1999 and 2004, and in the All-Star Game in 1989, 1997 and 2002, calling balls and strikes for the last game. He has also worked in six League Championship Series, five of them in the NL, and in five Division Series (3 NL, 2 AL). Davis was the second base umpire for the perfect game pitched by Randy Johnson on May 19, 2004.
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Major League profile (http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/team/mlb_team_umpires_bio.jsp?id=2317)
GerryDavis (born 23 February 1930, died 1991) was a British television writer, best known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre.
Doomwatch ran for three seasons on BBC One from 1970 to 1972, and also spawned a novel written by Davis and Pedler, and later a cinema film and a 1999 revival on Channel 5.
Davis briefly returned to writing Doctor Who, penning the original script for Revenge of the Cybermen, in 1975, though the transmitted version was heavily rewritten by the-then script-editor Robert Holmes.
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