Joe Rossi Hall of Fame

2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Bruce Grigsby – Montrose Bruce Grigsby was born in Glendale, California on September 7, 1946. He graduated from Burbank High School, Burbank California in 1964. Bruce continued higher education at California State University Northridge, Northridge, California graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1969. He then went on to St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico receiving his Master's in 1995. Bruce had a very long and distinguished career spanning many years in both umpiring and teaching. As a teacher at Montrose High School, he had a great passion for teaching and a greater compassion for his students. As a matter of fact, many students have said he was the best teacher they ever had. Bruce loved the opera and often took groups of students to the Met or a Broadway Show in New York City. He wanted to share and educate them on the diversity of people, music, and travel. It would turn out to be an experience of a lifetime for the students. Bruce is always someone who was always prepared. He studied the rules, knowing them backwards and forward. He had a unique quality of being able to read the words and put them into a picture everyone could understand. He was a great teacher for new and inexperienced officials, and he treated the players with respect. Bruce has officiated so many games in both baseball and basketball they are hard to count. He also coached football and was head baseball coach for several years. As a husband, father, educator, friend and yes baseball umpire, Bruce Grigsby has earned the honor to be inducted into the Umpires Baseball Hall of Fame.