BASEBALL; League Has Cases Wrong, 2 Umps Say  Published: August
02, 1999  Drew Coble is one of nine umpires whose resignations
Gene Budig, the American League president, accepted last week.
The only problem is Coble said he never resigned.  Budig also
accepted Greg Kosc's resignation, but Kosc said he had rescinded
his resignation in the same period when other umpires withdrew
their resignations and saved their jobs.  Coble, a crew chief in
his 18th year with the league, was notified in a letter from
Budig dated July 26 that he had received on July 15 a letter of
resignation from Coble dated July 14.  ''I deeply regret,''
Budig wrote, ''that you decided to take part in this concerted
resignation plan instigated by the Major League Umpires
Association. However, you have left me with no choice but to
accept your resignation and to fill the vacancy that your
resignation has created along with the other vacancies that were
created by this mass resignation strategy.''  But Coble said
yesterday that he did not sign