The call that always seemed the toughest to me was the slide and tag play at second. You can see it coming, but you don’t know which way the runner is going to slide, where the throw is going to be, and how the fielder is going to take the throw.
Cal Hubbard Quotes
Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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| Birth: | 31st October, 1900 |
| Death: | 17th October, 1977 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Football Player |
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Robert Calvin Hubbard was a professional American football player and later an umpire in Major League Baseball. A member of three major sports halls of fame, Hubbard is credited as being one of the inventors of the football position of linebacker. To date Hubbard is the only person to be enshrined in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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