GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference will make history this weekend with an all Black umpire crew for the Virginia at North Carolina baseball series. It will mark the first time an all Black crew has worked a game for a Power 5 Conference or in Major League Baseball.
Veteran ACC umpires Linus Baker, Damien Beal, Greg Street and Randy Watkins have been assigned to work the series.
"I approached Kris Pierce [Senior Associate Commissioner, Championships & Senior Woman Administrator] in the winter and asked permission to have an All Black crew with the climate in the country and without hesitation, she gave me the go-ahead," said Troy Fullwood, ACC Supervisor of Umpires.