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Larry Louis Poncino (born February 3, 1957) is a former
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. His Major League umpiring debut came on July 11, 1985, and his last game was on September 30, 2007. He umpired in the
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, and the
1996 MLB All-Star Game The 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 67th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9 ...
. Poncino wore uniform number 13 during his National League stint, then changed to 39 when the NL and AL umpiring staffs merged in 2000.


Umpiring career

Poncino was the plate umpire for
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on July 28, 1991. On June 28, 2007, Poncino was the home plate umpire when
Craig Biggio Craig Alan Biggio (; born December 14, 1965) is an American former second baseman, outfielder and catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career from 1988 through 2007 for the Houston Astros. A seven-time National League (NL) All ...
got his 3,000th hit against the
Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ...
. Poncino served in the
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from 1985 to 1988 and from 1991 to 1999. He worked in both leagues from 2002 to 2007. Poncino retired due to a neck injury.Costas not the only one talking to umps
Iron Mountain Daily News. Retrieved 17 May 2012


Personal

Poncino's wife is named Jo Ann. He attended the
University of Nevada-Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12 ...
from 1975 to 1976.


See also

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List of Major League Baseball umpires The following is a list of major league baseball umpires. The list includes umpires who worked in any of four 19th century major leagues (American Association, National Association, Players' League, Union Association), one defunct 20th century m ...


References


External links


MLB.com Bio
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