Al Barlick
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Albert Joseph Barlick was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League for 28 seasons. Barlick missed two seasons due to service in the United States Coast Guard and t
Al Barlick 1955
Warren Giles
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Warren Crandall Giles was an American professional baseball executive. Giles spent 33 years in high-level posts in Major League Baseball as general manager and club president of the Cincinnati Reds an
Al Barlick
…first major league forfeit since 1942. Before the 1956 season, Barlick was hospitalized in Illinois for treatment of a heart problem. League president Warren Giles characterized the issue as a minor heart ailment, but newspaper reports held that Barlick would not be ready for opening day that year. After he sat…
Giles in 1962
Plaque of Warren Giles at the Baseball Hall of Fame