MLB Appoints First African American Umpire Crew Chief Kerwin Danley was appointed to the new position <br />this week, according to The Associated Press. Danley has previously worked two World Series <br />and 10 postseason rounds. The 58-year-old worked the AL Championship Series last year. Danley called his first game in 1992 <br />as a minor league fill-in, and he was hired to the <br />MLB staff in 1998. Danley played college baseball for San Diego State <br />and was a teammate of Tony Gwynn. He was the first base umpire when Gwynn got his 3,000th hit in 1999 and gave his former college roommate a hug by the first base bag.
