Don Denkinger, who worked as a Major League umpire for nearly 30 years, died Friday at the age of 86. Umpire Don Denkinger watches the action during an MLB game June 24, 1995. (Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images)“Today MLB remembers longtime American League Umpire Don Denkinger, who passed away at 86,” MLB Communications posted to Twitter Friday. “Nobody wants to have the call that I did in the World Series,” Denkinger told The Associated Press in 2014. St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog, left, is ejected by home plate umpire Don Denkinger, center, during Game 7 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 27, 1985.

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