"Michael D. Port" is an American former professional baseball executive. He was vice president, umpire (baseball)/Umpiring for Major League Baseball from August 2005 through March 2011, when he left that position, and previously was a front-office executive for three MLB clubs. Port was the general manager (baseball)/general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/California Angels from September 1984 in baseball/1984 through 1991 in baseball/1991 and acting GM of the Boston Red Sox from February through November of 2002 in baseball/2002.

After attending United States International University in his native Southern California, Port entered baseball in 1969 in baseball/1969 as a minor league baseball/minor league second baseman for the newly minted San Diego Padres, but after an injury, he retired to become an executive in the San Diego organization. In 1973 in baseball/1973 he became the club's farm system director and moved to the Angels in a similar capacity in 1978 in baseball/1978.

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If someone was really pressed to put something on the line, was this a catch or not, we'd all probably have said it's inconclusive at best.

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There is no regulation or requirement that they say something. Some of them do, but he's not wrong if he doesn't use it.

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These guys live and die based on whether their calls are correct. They take it very hard when it appears they've been wrong. Like good players, they almost grieve over it.

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None of the replays that we saw are from the perspective of the man who was responsible for making the call at the blink of an eye.

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Bill stood his ground, ... and I'd say Tim Salmon turned out to be a pretty good player.

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Their credentials bear it out, ... As a tandem, these guys are good. But they need time.

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