Fred Brocklander

In 1962, Brocklander joined the Kansas City Athletics organization as a minor league baseball player.

Baseball writer John Steadman later recalled, "Some of the veteran umpires, when the walkout was settled, ostracized him.

"[2][4] During his career, Brocklander was selected as an umpire for the 1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

[6] While umpiring Game 5 of the 1986 National League Championship Series between the Astros and Mets, Brocklander made a controversial call on a play at first base with runners on first and third and one out; the out call on Craig Reynolds to turn an inning-ending double play cost the Astros a run in a game they eventually lost 2 to 1 in 12 innings.

In 2000, he coached girls' soccer at South River High School when they played for the Anne Arundel County (Md.)

While broadcasting an Orioles-Texas Rangers Game of the Week from Baltimore on September 5, Josh Lewin and Mark Grace called him a "highly regarded major league umpire of twelve years".