COLUMN: Umpire Jim Joyce shows integrity under fire

Thursday, June 10, 2010 | 2:37 p.m. CDT; updated 3:38 p.m. CDT, Thursday, June 10, 2010

James A. Joyce III. Not James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, acclaimed Irish writer and poet. No, this James Joyce was born in Toledo, graduated from Bowling Green State, wears black to work and is either the most despised or beloved umpire in Major League Baseball.

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