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Jeffrey Brian Nelson is an Umpire in Major League Baseball who was named to the National League staff prior to the 1999 season, and has worked throughout both major leagues since 2000. He worked the 2005 World Series , his first Series assignment. He was behind home plate when Mark McGwire hit his 500th home run, and worked the game in which Rickey Henderson made his 3000th hit. He worked the Division Series in 2000 , 2001 (both AL) and 2005 (NL), and League Championship Series in 2002 (NL) and 2004 (AL). While in the minor leagues, Nelson was the chief rules instructor at the former Brinkman-Froemming umpire school in Cocoa, Florida from 1997 until to the school's closing in 1998. Additionally, Nelson has served as an officer in the major league umpires' union, the World Umpires Association . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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