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'''James A. Joyce III''' (born [[October 3]] [[1955]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]]) is an [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who has worked in the [[American League]] (AL) from [[1987 in baseball|1987]] to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wears uniform number 66. His strike call is extremely loud and enthusiastic, similar to that of fellow umpire [[Bruce Froemming]]. |
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Joyce has umpired in the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] (1994 and 2001), the [[Division Series]] ([[1995 American League Division Series|1995]], [[1998 American League Division Series|1998]], [[1999 American League Division Series|1999]], [[2001 National League Division Series|2001]], [[2002 American League Division Series|2002]], and [[2003 American League Division Series|2003]]), the [[League Championship Series]] ([[1997 American League Championship Series|1997]], [[2004 American League Championship Series|2004]], [[2006 National League Championship Series|2006]]), and the [[World Series]] ([[1999 World Series|1999]] and [[2001 World Series|2001]]). After graduating from [[Bowling Green State University]] in 1977, he umpired in the [[Midwest League]] (1978-1979), the [[Florida Instructional League]] (1978), the [[Texas League]] (1980), the [[Pacific Coast League]] (1981-1986, 1988), the [[International League]] (1987), and the [[Dominican League]] (1983). |
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Joyce was the second base umpire when [[Nolan Ryan]] recorded his 5,000th career [[strikeout]] and was the first base umpire when [[Robin Yount]] reached his [[3000 hit club|3,000th hit]]. |
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Joyce has been told that he may be somehow related to the Irish author [[James Joyce]]. |
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Joyce's crew for the 2006 season included [[Dana DeMuth]] (crew chief), [[Doug Eddings]], and [[Paul Schrieber]]. |
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== External link == |
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*[http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/umpires/bio.jsp?id=2536 Major league profile] |
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[[Category:1955 births|Joyce, Jim]] |
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[[Category:Living people|Joyce, Jim]] |
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[[Category:Baseball umpires|Joyce, Jim]] |
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[[Category:People from Toledo, Ohio|Joyce, Jim]] |
Revision as of 20:54, 9 May 2007
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