Robert Dean Emslie spent fifty-six of his eighty-four years in professional baseball, eight as a player and forty-nine as an umpire. His thirty-five seasons as a National League umpire included the three most contentious decades umpires ever faced, the 1890 to 1920 era, when the game transitioned from amateur to professional sport.
| Author: Larry R. Gerlach |
| Publisher: U of Nebraska Press |
| Publication Date: May 01, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 432 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 149623765X |
| ISBN-13: 9781496237651 |