Major League Baseball

Montague, Meriwether become MLB umpire supervisors

Published Apr. 13, 2011 6:44 p.m. ET

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Major League Baseball has appointed Ed Montague and Chuck Meriwether as umpire supervisors.

MLB executive Joe Torre made the announcement Wednesday.

Montague was a big league umpire for 34 seasons and Meriwether worked 18 years in the majors. They join Steve Palermo, Charlie Reliford, Larry Young and Cris Jones as supervisors.

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