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New York Yankees' Brett Gardner dives safely back to third base as the ball gets by Boston Red Sox shortstop Chris Woodward, right, during the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in New York.

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Arizona Diamondbacks' Chad Tracy (18) applies the tag to Pittsburgh Pirates' Andy LaRoche, left, on a pick-off attempt as first base umpire Tim Welke, rear, calls a balk on Diamondbacks pitcher Doug Davis to send LaRoche to second during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, Ju...

New York Mets third baseman David Wright throws wide to home plate past umpire Tim Welke (L) as Cincinnati Reds runner Brandon Phillips steals home in the fourth inning of their MLB National League baseball game in New York July 10, 2009.

Umpires Tim Welke (L) and Bill Welke (R) look at the stadium lights inside Tropicana Field as they turn back on following a lightning strike during the eighth inning of an American League MLB baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Florida, July...

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Umpires, from left, Angel Hernandez, Tim Welke and Bill Welke run to the replay room to review a home run hit by Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Aybar during the sixth inning of a baseball game againts the Cleveland Indians, on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.

Cincinnati Reds coach Mark Berry (L) and umpire Tim Welke (R) watch Toronto Blue Jays' Scott Rolen tag out Reds' Jay Bruce (32) at third base during the fourth inning of a MLB spring training exhibition baseball game in Sarasota, Florida March 23, 2009.