A peacock among pigeons: Ron Luciano, baseball’s last celebrity umpire

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Pete Croatto

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    […] Carthon’s job is not quite the same as the one Detroit Lions and Tigers owner Spike Briggs once explained to Ron Luciano, that “You try to get the town to come see the ballplayers, and you try to keep the […]

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