AMERICAN LEAGUE NOTES.Umpire injured: Umpire Vic Voltaggio was carried off the field on a stretcher after straining his right knee during a game between the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. and Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. . Voltaggio, 55, who was at second base during the game, apparently injured himself in the top of the seventh inning. Voltaggio ran toward center field to watch a fly ball out by Will Clark
X-rays were negative. Voltaggio will be on crutches and return home to be examined by his personal doctor. The three other umpires - crew chief Rich Garcia Richard Raul Garcia (born May 22 1942 in Key West, Florida) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1975 to 1999. Garcia worked two All-Star Games (1980, 1992), three American League Division Series (1995, 1997, 1998), five American League , Terry Craft and Mike Reilly - finished the game. SOURCE: Daily News Wire Services CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: No caption (Vic Voltaggio on stretcher) Associated P ress |
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