Chris Guccione, MLB Umpire
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Episode 168
Chris Guccione is an umpire for Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut on April 25, 2000 and has been a full-time umpire in the Big Leagues since 2009.
He has umpired many postseason series including the Division Series 6 times, the LCS twice and his first World Series in 2016 (Cubs/Indians). He was also a part of the crew that umpired the 2011 MLB All-Star game.
On this episode of the podcast, we hear Chris' incredible journey to Christ, why he finally made the decision to walk with the Lord, what its like to be a part of the umpiring crew at the World Series, and the difference between umpiring a regular season game as opposed to the postseason.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.1 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with MLB umpire Chris Guccione is brought to you by Compassion, |
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| 1:30.2 | Today's guest on the podcast, MLB umpire Chris Guccione joins us here on the podcast to share his |
| 1:37.5 | story, to share his testimony. Gooch, as they call him, has been a Major League Baseball umpire |
| 1:43.3 | since 2000. |
| 1:44.6 | He made his debut April 25th, 2000 and was part-time for nine years until 2009 when he |
| 1:51.4 | finally became a full-time Major League Baseball umpire. |
| 1:55.7 | He's umpired many, many postseason games, including six division series, two National League and American |
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