That Balls Outta Here » gary cederstrom http://thatballsouttahere.com A Philadelphia Phillies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Carlos Ruiz Really Upsets Major League Umpire by Speaking to, Looking at Him http://thatballsouttahere.com/2012/05/23/carlos-ruiz-really-upsets-major-league-umpire-by-speaking-to-looking-at-him/ http://thatballsouttahere.com/2012/05/23/carlos-ruiz-really-upsets-major-league-umpire-by-speaking-to-looking-at-him/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:35:26 +0000 Justin Klugh http://thatballsouttahere.com/?p=9333 The name ‘Cederstrom’ can be placed quite honorably on the monikers of great men throughout history, most of them Swedish.  There was Gustaf Cederstrom, the artist behind The funeral transport of Charlie XIII.  Then there was Bror Cederstrom, the originator of beet sugar manufacturing in his beloved homeland.  And who could forget Carl Gustav Cederstrom, the 74th pilot ever in the world.

Of course, what all of these men share in common, besides a name, is that they are all long dead.  Today, our Cederstroms are not as respectable; not as good at what they do, as their predecessors.  No, these days we get guys like MLB umpire Gary Cederstrom, who ejected Carlos Ruiz from the game last night for looking at him.

“When I went out there, the [umpire] said, ‘He was looking at me and I threw him out.’”

–Charlie Manuel, via Jim Salisbury

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