Post by NJTank on Apr 24, 2016 11:46:48 GMT -5
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1956: Get some glasses ump had long been an insult hurled by fans, players and managers, but no umpire had worn glasses while calling a major league game until Frank Umont. An American League Umpire who once played football with the New York Giants, Umont takes second base wearing glasses as the Kansas City Athletics host the Detroit Tigers. Umont would serve as an umpire for two decades, reaching mandatory retirement in 1973.