They Called Me God: An MLB umpire’s life! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Sportswriter Peter Golenbock, co-author of They Called Me God: The Best Umpire Who Ever Lived with retired MLB umpire Doug Harvey.
 

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with sportswriter Peter Golenbock, co-author of They Called Me God: The Best Umpire Who Ever Lived with retired MLB umpire Doug Harvey by clicking on the video player above!

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Tampa Bay Rays fans who wanna know when Peter Golenbock will write the definitive book about their mascots, Joe Maddon and Raymond… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

My friend Peter Golenbock has written sports histories and biographies and co-authored memoirs with a lot of guys who see the world as black and white.

I suspect that in helping long-time Major League Baseball umpire Doug Harvey tell his story, it might have been the first time he did a book with someone who dressed that way as well.

In They Called Me God: The Best Umpire Who Ever Lived, Golenbock goes over to baseball’s great unknown, a land where every decision is absolute – and for good reason.
PETER GOLENBOCK podcast excerpt: "Doug Harvey was a stickler for the rules. When Harvey was in the minor leagues, all the other umpires would go out to a bar. But he'd be back in hotel room to spend at least one hour a day reading the rules. He knew the rule book better than anybody else."
You can LISTEN to this interview with sportswriter PETER GOLENBOCK, co-author of THEY CALLED ME GOD: The Best Umpire Who Ever Lived, by clicking the audio player above!

Can you imagine a world where an MLB umpire showed hesitation or a lack of uncertainy?

No, neither can I.

Doug Harvey’s personal story here is less compelling than his insight to baseball’s little revealed world of officiating. His stories of on-the-field behavior and his explanation of how he moved through the grand old pastime for decades was u