Before 1859,which game had umpires who were comfortably seated in padded rocking chairsbehind the {homeplate:Baseball;Basketball;Ice} {Hockey;Badminton?}

makebeleaffan

Baseball Nov 25 01, 4:47 PM

Senior Moments

Senior Moments says: This has been answered before but I have found a trivia site with the following fact:- Before 1859, baseball umpires were comfortably seated in padded rocking chairs behind home plate. www.puzzlegrid.com/facts.cgi?groups=Sport and startvalue=75 Mon Nov 26 01:45:49 CST 2001 (Moved from #14663 - Duplicate - McG) To view the link, change the word ''and'' to an ampersand and take out the spaces. Apr 15 03, 7:54 AM

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