CALLED UP: The Emmett Ashford Story - Feature Following 'Field of Dreams' Game

Raymond Bell ’78 is executive producer of a documentary project, “CALLED UP: The Emmett Ashford Story,” a chronicle of the first African American umpire in Major League Baseball. A native of Los Angeles, Ashford was an American League umpire from 1966 through 1970, working the 1967 All-Star Game in Anaheim and the 1970 World Series.

On Aug. 12, following Fox’s national broadcast of their Field of Dreams game featuring the Yankees against the White Sox, former Dodgers GM Fred Claire will be interviewed about the CALLED UP Project and Emmett Ashford on the Fox Channel 11 Baseball Post Game Show in Los Angeles. Claire is a CALLED UP consultant and interviewee.

In addition to Bell, 11 other Bruins are involved with the project, including Ashford’s daughter Adrienne Bratton ’66 and former Athletic Director Dan Guerrero ’74.  PBS has agreed to air the documentary once it is completed.