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Don Denkinger, who worked as a Major League umpire<\/u><\/a> for nearly 30 years, died Friday at the age of 86.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Denise Hanson, one of Denkinger\u2019s three daughters, said he died at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, Iowa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Today MLB remembers longtime American League Umpire<\/u><\/a> Don Denkinger, who passed away at 86,” MLB Communications posted to Twitter Friday. “The genial Denkinger was on the field from 1969-1998 and worked four World Series, the last of which included plate duties for the epic Morris-Smoltz Game 7 in 1991.\u00a0Rest in Peace, Don.”<\/p>\n

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While Denkinger worked four World Series<\/u><\/a>,<\/u> he is unfortunately known for a call he got wrong in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals<\/u><\/a>, Denkinger called Royals pinch hitter Jorge Orta safe at first after a slow bouncer to the first base side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The replay showed Orta to be clearly out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the Cardinals up 1-0, the Royals rallied<\/u><\/a> after the missed call, eventually winning on a walk-off two-run single by Dane Iorg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The win by Kansas City forced a Game 7, which the Royals won 11-0 for the World Series title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Nobody wants to have the call that I did in the World Series,” Denkinger told The Associated Press in 2014. “But I did. And now it\u2019s part of history.”<\/p>\n

Replay rules did not exist in MLB In 1985.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not tired of talking about it. I mean, it happened,” Denkinger said. “I just know that if the same thing happened now, they\u2019d get it right on replay, and it\u2019d be over with.”<\/p>\n

Denkinger is one of only seven umpires to work two perfect games and called his final game June 2, 1998, at Kansas City\u2019s Kauffman Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/longtime-mlb-umpire-don-denkinger-dead-86 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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