Ed Rapuano

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MLB debut
1991
Umpiring Crew
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Crew Members
Joe West (Crew Chief)
Ed Rapuano
C.B. Bucknor
Ed Hickox
Career highlights and awards
All-Star Game (1995) Division Series (1997, 98, 2001, 03, 06) League Championship Series (1999, 2000, 02, 04-05) World Series (2001, 03)

Edward Stephen Rapuano, Jr. (born September 30, 1957 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League from 1990 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He has officiated in the World Series in 2001 and 2003, as well as the All-Star game in 1995. He has also worked in five League Championship Series (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005) and five Division Series (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006), and the NL's one-game wild card playoff in 1999.

Rapuano's 2007 crew: C.B. Bucknor, Joe West and Ed Hickox.

In 2000, he briefly changed his arm signal strike calls from an index finger point (which he used before) to a right fist call. He also changed the way he positioned himself before calling a pitch (he positioned both his fists in front of his body instead of only one fist in front.) He changed his style in 2001 back to his pre-2000 style. It is of note that his strikeout call remained unchanged (stepping back as he puts both fists out,) although some may argue he is less vocal than he used to be.