The World’s Toughest Umpire - Sports Bizarre

Titus and Mick discuss 1890s baseball with the story of Tim Hurst - the umpire who fought players, punched fans, and once ended a game by spitting tobacco at a college kid. It's the lawless, beer-soaked chaos of early pro baseball… and one man who tried to tame it with his fists.

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