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Originally Posted by Bottom Of The Sixth
Sorry guys, I'm not following you.  |
OK, then, I was just waiting for you to log back on again in order to have a chance to answer Rich's trivia question. Since you don't seem to know, then I'll take a shot if you don't mind.
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Originally Posted by RchW
Sorry to highjack temporarily. Bottom Of The Sixth, the umpire holding his hand out in your avatar is the answer to a trivia question. Do you know the question?
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First I thought you were just talking about the name of Norman Rockwell's painting for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post being the same as BOTS' ID, then I realized (within seconds of posting, I assure you) that was an incredibly dumb observation, like BOTS just happened to choose an avatar that matched his ID without knowing it. Jeez, 1998!
Then I thought you were talking about this story: "ESPN sued for airing Norman Rockwell work without permit in Yankees movie":
ESPN sued for airing Norman Rockwell work without permit in Yankees movie
However, a bit more research, with the help of this bulletin board:
Norman Rockwell GAME CALLED BECAUSE RAIN - NYYFans.com Forum
led me to this thread:
Beans Reardon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basically, the game in the painting is between the Pirates and Dodgers in Ebbetts Field and the umpire shown with his hand out is Beans Reardon, a National League umpire wearing an outside chest protector which only American League umpires wore at the time. Some people then, and now, believed that Rockwell made a mistake but actually Reardon was known as a maverick who did not get along with the head NL umpire, Bill Klem. He really did wear the outside chest protector and Rockwell got it right.
So, since you adopted a Jeopardy-style format, the question, Alex-Rich, is "Who is that umpire and why is he out of uniform, so to speak?"
Good stuff, even if I am wrong.
