St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog (L) is ejected by home plate umpire Don Denkinger (C) during Game 7 of the baseball team's World Series against the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 27, 1985. Joe Ledford/AP Photo
NEW YORK—Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence, died Friday. He was 86.
Denkinger died at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, Iowa, Denise Hanson, one of his three daughters, said.
