Jim Evans - About dad - 101811

"My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.“

-Jim Evans

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My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.

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