Planet of the Umps A Baseball Life from Behind the Plate

"This very funny memoir offers a hilarious look into life behind the plate." -Publishers Weekly "Two Things Nobody Wants To Grow Up To Be Are An Umpire And Broke. Thanks To My Career In Baseball, I Got Both." After calling balls, strikes, and outs for thirty-six baseball seasons and more than 3000 major league games, umpire Ken Kaiser finally called it a career. From the first day he hit a minor league catcher with a pool table to the fateful day baseball called him out on a strike, Kaiser was one of the game's most popular and colorful characters. And in this autobiography-written with the co-author of Ron Luciano's classic bestseller The Umpire Strikes Back - Kaiser brings to life his wild adventures from the pro wrestling arena to the baseball diamond. This is the hysterically true story of four decades of baseball as lived and loved on the playing field, from Ted Williams and Billy Martin to Derek Jeter and Mark McGwire, from one-eyed umpires to space-age technology. And as he did throughout his long and sometimes controversial career, the larger-than-his-chest-protector Kaiser called 'em as he saw 'em. "A quick, smart look at Major League Baseball."-The New York Daily News "An enjoyable insider's view of baseball." -BooklistKaiser, Ken is the author of 'Planet of the Umps A Baseball Life from Behind the Plate', published 2004 under ISBN 9780312997106 and ISBN 0312997108.