Casey, Mike
Inducted: 1997
Lexington, Kentucky
He first participated in ASA as a fast-pitch player in 1965, thereafter
playing on teams that won four State Championships and were state
Runners-Up seven times. He won the Pee Wee Cater Award as the
Outstanding Player in the 1978 State Tournament.
He began his ASA umpiring career in 1980 and ended up officiating at all
levels of play during his career.
He brought a unique and professional style of umpiring to the game as
he worked in excess of forty different State Tournaments at levels
ranging from A to D.
He has worked all the major tournaments in the area having called
twenty-two Thoroughbred Classics, ten Lake Cumberland Classics,
twelve Daniel Boone Classics, three Grand Slams, four Super Slams, and
six ASA National Regionals.
At almost any given ballpark one can hear fans echoing Casey's
one-of-a-kind strike call.