Charlie Reliford
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Charles Harold Reliford (born September 19, 1956 in Ashland, Kentucky in the United States)Charlie began umpiring working American Legion ball. He also worked during the fall baseball schedule for local colleges. Charlie is an umpire in American Major League Baseball. After working in the National League from 1989 to 1999, he has worked throughout both leagues since 2000. He wears uniform number 18.
He began umpiring in the minor leagues in 1982, eventually reaching the American Association. He officiated in the World Series in 2000 and 2004, and in the All-Star Game in 1996. He has also umpired in three League Championship Series (1999, 2001, 2002) and in four Division Series (1995, 1997, 2000, 2004).
In Game 2 of the 2000 World Series, Reliford was the home plate umpire when Mike Piazza of the New York Mets had his bat shatter and fly towards the pitcher's mound on a foul ball. Roger Clemens of the New York Yankees fired the sawed-off piece of the bat toward Piazza, causing both benches to empty and igniting the controversy that began the previously July when a Clemens pitch hit Piazza in the head during an interleague game at Yankee Stadium.
