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Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)
Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)

Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)

Date9/3/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blindsided Brinkman as he Joined teammate Cecil Espy in the hunt for a Kelly Gruber pop fly. Brinkman spent some time after the game with an ice pack on a bruise above his right knee.
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      Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)
      Tumbling ump hits the deck. Umpiring crew chief Joe Brinkman got a wakeup call from 180-pound Ranger second baseman Jeff Kunkel yesterday. Kunkel blin(...)
      Slaughter, Mike
      9/3/1988
      Say what! Twins second baseman Chuck Knoblauch wasn't exactly in agreement with the ump's call as Kelly Gruber slid safely into second
      Say what! Twins second baseman Chuck Knoblauch wasn't exactly in agreement with the ump's call as Kelly Gruber slid safely into second
      Gruber, Kelly, 1962-
      9/4/1992
      In Fine Feather, Jamie Kunkel demonstrates his prowess at the feather dance - picking up a plume from the ground with his teeth without falling over -(...)
      In Fine Feather, Jamie Kunkel demonstrates his prowess at the feather dance - picking up a plume from the ground with his teeth without falling over -(...)
      Bull, Ron
      6/11/1994
      Say what? Oakland manager Billy Martin had a few choice words to exchange with umpire Bill Kunkel at Exhibition Stadium last night after the latter ha(...)
      Say what? Oakland manager Billy Martin had a few choice words to exchange with umpire Bill Kunkel at Exhibition Stadium last night after the latter ha(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      7/29/1980
      Ups and downs: Pat Borders hits a sky-high pop at the SkyDome last night that was caught by Oakland A's first baseman Mark McGwire
      Ups and downs: Pat Borders hits a sky-high pop at the SkyDome last night that was caught by Oakland A's first baseman Mark McGwire
      McGwire, Mark, 1963-
      5/12/1992
      Hit it! Fred McGriff takes Mookie Wilson's advice and hits the deck as he scores Jays' third run in a four-raun fourth inning. A's catcher Terry Steinbach wits for the late throw
      Hit it! Fred McGriff takes Mookie Wilson's advice and hits the deck as he scores Jays' third run in a four-raun fourth inning. A's catcher Terry Steinbach wits for the late throw
      Slaughter, Mike
      10/6/1989
      A swing - and a big hit, Mike Leonard, Oakville Wheelabrator third baseman, gives it all he's got during yesterday's action in Star- CNE peewee baseball tournament, at Exhibition Place
      A swing - and a big hit, Mike Leonard, Oakville Wheelabrator third baseman, gives it all he's got during yesterday's action in Star- CNE peewee baseball tournament, at Exhibition Place
      Bezant, Graham
      8/22/1977
      Earns ninth win: Lefthander Jimmy Key recorded his ninth victory of the season last night by pitching eight innings against the Rangers, allowing one run and six hits
      Earns ninth win: Lefthander Jimmy Key recorded his ninth victory of the season last night by pitching eight innings against the Rangers, allowing one run and six hits
      Key, Jimmy
      9/1/1988
      A new day: New Jay John Candelaria was roughed up Saturday by Harold Baines but when he faced the Rangers DH yesterday, he got him to hit a weak dribbler
      A new day: New Jay John Candelaria was roughed up Saturday by Harold Baines but when he faced the Rangers DH yesterday, he got him to hit a weak dribbler
      Candelaria, John Robert, 1953-
      7/29/1990
      Tolled its Last, When the 500-pound bell came tumbling down from the tower of St
      Tolled its Last, When the 500-pound bell came tumbling down from the tower of St
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/27/1939
      Back in saddle: Portraying Ontario's first lieutenant-governor, John Graves Simcoe, CBC Radio's Joe Cote recovers his aplomb after tumbling from his horse yesterday
      Back in saddle: Portraying Ontario's first lieutenant-governor, John Graves Simcoe, CBC Radio's Joe Cote recovers his aplomb after tumbling from his horse yesterday
      Cote, Joe
      8/4/1986
      Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)
      Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/9/1988