
Effectively Wild Episode 2000: We Thought of More Things We Like About Baseball
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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Freddy Fitzimmons: Umpire
Freddy Fitzimmons was chosen to be an umpire one day and here's his saber bio humble approachable and outgoing fit. Simmons avoided the nightlife New York City offered and neither drank nor smoked cigarettes he was seen constantly with his wife Helen whom he met while playing in Indianapolis. During the offseason they lived on a farm in Arcadia where they raised chickens and prosaic surroundings later they moved to Yucka Valley north of Palm Springs.
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