Umpire Bill Miller Was Escorted To The Field By Storm Troopers

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Umpire Bill Miller Was Escorted To The Field By Storm Troopers

By Jason Lisk June 10, 2012 5:00 pm ET

By: Jason Lisk | June 10, 2012 5:00 pm ET

PHOENIX, AZ - JUNE 09: Umpire Bill Miller (C) is escorted onto the field by stormtroopers in honor of 'Stars Wars' night prior to the interleague MLB game between the Oakland Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 9, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. Before last night’s game in Phoenix between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Oakland Athletics, umpire Bill Miller was escorted on the field by storm troopers. Well, storm troopers from the “Forests on the Moon of Endor” collection leading the way, to be specific (Star Wars Geek Alert!). Miller, you might recall, was the umpire at the center of the Brett Lawrie helmet throwing incident a few weeks ago.

Awesome.

No word on whether Joe West was also escorted on the field last night by Bib Fortuna. (Star Wars Geek Alert again!)

[photo via Getty Images]

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Comments

ms621

So this was part of a market push for a movie which came out in 1983?

/very confused
Nada

Meanwhile, the MLB Players Association has hired Boba Fett to track down and eliminate Angel Hernandez, and Greedo is hot on the tail of Bob Davidson.
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Full Point (1000)

they are called Biker Scouts

/ashamed i know that
//drinks poison
http://laugh-o.blogspot.com starkweather

Don’t be ashamed, Full Point. I knew they were called Scouts, too, but was gonna say Imperial Scout. I had those action figures as a kid, and that thing they fly around on that broke apart when you pressed a button
http://hakimdropstheball.blogspot.com heldover

I had those action figures as a kid, and that thing they fly around on that broke apart when you pressed a button

Ah, good times.

/Remembers buying a bunch of action figures before Ep. I
//Cries
///Buys lighter fluid
http://www.twitter.com/kcresident KC Resident

So this was part of a market push for a movie which came out in 1983?

/very confused MS

Star Wars will never die. I’m taking my kid to this in a couple months when I visit Wichita for my mother’s birthday. http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/26/2349777/costumed-characters-highlight.html

He knows all about Star Wars through the various cartoons that are on tv (which have little to nothing to do with the movies as far as I can tell.)

they are called Biker Scouts

Stormtroopers seemed incorrect and then I read your post. These are the guys that drove those airborne scooters through the trees.

/Not even going to bother to google what I am missing here.
Full Point (1000)

they were called Speeder Bikes

/chugs more poison
Full Point (1000)

Star Wars will never die

sometimes i wish it would

i was the neighborhood star wars geek during the original triology.

my uncle gave me SW related christmas and birthday gifts well into my 30s.

i have a little nephew who just turned 5. he’s the best little guy ever, and now he’s getting into star wars.
thedoctlc

Star Wars will never die.

It’s called selective memory. The early 90s laserdiscs and mid 90s THX trilogy was the last stop.
http://www.twitter.com/kcresident KC Resident

It’s called selective memory. The early 90s laserdiscs and mid 90s THX trilogy was the last stop.

Nope. Lucas is 3-D’ing all six movies. This is going to go on for awhile. I never saw the last two movies. I have no horse in this race, I just know Star Wars won’t die for another generation at least.