Playoff umpiring crews announced

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Bruce Froemming, who is umpiring his 31st season, will be among those who will work during the American and National League Division Series, Major League Baseball announced Friday.

In the National League, Froemming, Chuck Meriweather, Mike Winters, Brian Gorman, Jim Joyce and Mike Everitt will work the first two games of the series featuring the non-wild card teams and the final three games of the series featuring the wild card.

Froemming will work his sixth division series and third in the last four years.

The other NL crew will consist of 20-year veteran Randy Marsh, John Hirschbeck, Larry Young, Tim Tschida, Dale Scott and Alfonso Marquez.

In the American League, Steve Rippley, Ted Barrett, Kerwin Danley, Jerry Layne, Mark Hirschbeck and Ron Kulpa will work the opening two games as well as Game 5 in the New York-Oakland series as well as Games 3 and 4 of the Cleveland-Seattle series.

Dana DeMuth, Jeff Nelson, Paul Schreiber, Rick Reed, Ed Rapuano and Greg Gibson will work Games 3 and 4 of the New York-Oakland series and the other three games of the Cleveland-Seattle set.

Everitt, Marquez, Kulpa and Gibson each are making their postseason debuts.