If and when the baseball season starts, the countdown to 43 will begin for veteran umpire Gerry Davis — a Roosevelt High grad and former bartender at Thurmer’s, a fine, but bygone, south St. Louis saloon. Counting postseason games, Davis, a big-league umpire for 39 years, has worked 4,957 games. He would be the fourth to 5,000, behind Hall of Famer Bill Klem, still active Joe West and Bruce Froemming.
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