Major League Baseball announced the umpiring crews for the first two rounds of playoffs. The 2015 wild-card games, American League division series and National League division series.
Two Colorado locals were selected to work playoff games. Cory Blaser, from Denver, is working his first postseason assignment. He will be on the crew that works the NL wild-card game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. Chris Gucccione, from Salida, is working his fifth postseason assignment. He will be on the crew working the NL division series between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers.
The replay officials for the wild-card games are Dan Iassogna and Mark Wegner. Division series replay officials are Kerwin Danley, Paul Nauert, Brian O’Nora and Tim Welke.
Umpire crews for the League Championship Series will be selected from the 36 umpires working the Division Series.
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