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Friday, May 25, 2012, 2:57 a.m.

Off the wire

By Democrat-Gazette Press Services

BASEBALL Former AL umpire dead at 74 Major League Baseball said former umpire Marty Springstead has died. He was 74. The commissioner’s office said Wednesday that Springstead was found dead at his home in Florida on Tuesday night. A native of Nyack, N.Y., Springstead was an American League umpire from 1966-1985 and worked the World Series in 1973, 1978 and 1983. After retiring from the field, he became the AL’s ...

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  • Headline: Off the wire
  • Publication: Sports, Pages 18 on 01/19/2012
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