Joe Rue
1897-1984WS 1
Perhaps the high point of Rue's ten-year AL career came on July 13, 1943, at Shibe
Park, Philadelphia when he was one of the umpires who worked the first night All-Star
Game, a contest broadcast via shortwave radio to American servicemen throughout the
world.
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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
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Punching umpire Joe Rue earns an indefinite
suspension for the A's C Greek George.
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