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The NBA suffered a huge black eye in terms of credibility and public relations when their referee Tim Donaghy was outed for betting on games and being affiliated with the mafia. Major League Baseball suffered a black eye of their own with the whole steroid scandal, so they figured they’d be proactive for once and conduct thorough background checks on the umpires. The problem is they may have gotten a little TOO thorough.

MLB sent investigators to the neighborhoods of their umps, who then went door to door asking neighbors questions such as:

Do you know if umpire `X’ is a member of the Ku Klux Klan? Does he grow marijuana plants? Does he beat his wife? Have you seen the police at his home? Does he throw wild parties?”

You simply cannot make this stuff up…… BUT that won’t stop me from trying. I’ve comprised my own line of questioning to find out if your umpire may be in the KKK: