Scott Adam Barry (August 3, 1976) is an American

umpire An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The term derives from the Old French , , and , : (as evidenced in cricke ...

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(MLB). Scott made his debut as an MLB reserve umpire in 2006, and 2011 was his first full-time season as an MLB umpire. He lives in

Quincy, Michigan Quincy is a village in Branch County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,554 at the 2020 census. The village is centered along U.S. Route 12 within Quincy Township. History The area was first settled by Horace Wilson, who fi ...

Early career

Barry officiated in the

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, which used mostly minor league umpires. In 2007, Barry was the replacement umpire for Mike Winters after the latter was suspended for his part in an altercation with then-

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outfielder Milton Bradley. Winters had allegedly profanely insulted Bradley prior to the altercation in which Bradley tore his ACL. In 2011, Barry was one of two MLB umpires (the other being

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) who were selected to officiate in the Taiwan All-Star Series; Barry and O'Nora were joined by two Taiwanese umpires for the games. In August 2010, during a game between the

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and the

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, Barry ejected Nationals third baseman

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for tossing his bat after a strikeout. Zimmerman later claimed that he was frustrated for striking out, but that "Barry believed the bat and helmet tossing... was directed at the umpire". It was the second consecutive night with a Nationals ejection by Barry, as he had tossed 14-time All-Star catcher

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on August 18 for disputing a check-swing strike call. A few days later he ejected

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first baseman

Ryan Howard Ryan James Howard (born November 19, 1979), nicknamed "the Big Piece", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Howard spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, from to . He is ...

in a 16-inning game against the

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for throwing his bat toward the dugout. Both Zimmerman and Howard had never been ejected from a major league game prior to this. After this rough stretch of games, Barry, who was a minor league replacement umpire at the time, was not penalized by

but was instead promoted to a full-time major league umpire for the start of the 2011 season. Barry umpired in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game as well as the

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and

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. He wears uniform number 87.

Personal life

Barry was married for 25 years, until his wife’s death from

colon cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...

in 2023. He has two sons.

References

External links

Major League Umpire Roster
– MLB.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Scott Major League Baseball umpires Living people 1976 births People from Battle Creek, Michigan People from Quincy, Michigan

Early career

Personal life

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