the few professions in the world where you’re supposed to be perfect and get better". Later years and death Brocklander moved from New York City to Odenton, Maryland in 1998. He umpired high school softball games and coached soccer at Baltimore's Mount Hebron High School. In 2000, he coached girls' soccer at South River High School when they played for the Anne Arundel County (Md.) championship. Brocklander died in Severn, Maryland, on August 13, 2009, at age 69 following a stroke. He was survived by his wife and three daughters. He was eulogized on a Major League Baseball on Fox telecast. While broadcasting an Orioles-Texas Rangers Game of the Week from Baltimore on Josh Lewin and Mark Grace called him a "highly regarded major league umpire of twelve years". Lewin and Grace recalled that when Brocklander was home plate umpire, he would not merely call a pitch outside the strike zone a ball, but also made it a point to announce the pitch's location, such as "ball outside". References 1940 births 2009 deaths Major League Baseball umpires Sportspeople from Baltimore People from Odenton, Maryland