Back When There Was Baseball: Rich Garcia

Back When There Was Baseball: Rich Garcia

From Back When There Was Baseball by Rex Naylor

February 26, 2026 · 59 min

About this episode

Rich Garcia, a respected American League umpire, shares insights from his career in baseball.

American League umpire Rich Garcia joins us this week. Richie was one of the most highly respected umpires of his time period (1976-1999). During his career, he worked 2 All-Star games (1980, 1992), 3 ALDS (1995, 1997, 1998), 5 ALCS (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996) and 4 World Series (1981, 1984, 1989, 1998). Richie was part of some memorable post-season games including the great 1982 ALCS between the Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels. He was the first base umpire in Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS when Donnie Moore served up the infamous home run ball to Dave Henderson of the Red Sox. Richie was scheduled to be the left field umpire in Game 3 of the 1989 World Series before the earthquake delayed the series. Enjoy this look Back When There Was Baseball with umpire Rich Garcia.

People in this episode

Host: Rex Naylor

Guest: Rich Garcia

Topics covered

  • umpiring
  • baseball history
  • post-season games
  • Rich Garcia
  • American League
  • All-Star games
  • World Series

Keywords

  • Rich Garcia
  • umpire
  • baseball
  • ALCS
  • World Series
  • All-Star games
  • post-season

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