Frank Dascoli (December 26, 1913 – August 11, 1990) was a professional
baseball umpire who worked in the
National League from 1948 to 1961. Dascoli umpired 2,056
major league games in his 14-year career. He umpired in three
World Series (
1953
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January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
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1955
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* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
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1959
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* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
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) and two
All-Star Games (
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
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1957
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).
Notable games
Dascoli took criticism for his late-season ejection of
Roy Campanella during a game in the 1951 pennant race. Campanella had thrown down his mitt in protest of a call involving what would be the winning run. If not for the ejection, Campanella would have come back up to bat late in the game with two runners on base. However, the young Dascoli later received support from veteran umpire
Larry Goetz.
On May 6, 1951, Dascoli was home plate umpire for
Cliff Chambers' no-hitter. He was also the first-base umpire in
Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game on May 26, 1959.
On September 26, 1959, Dascoli halted play due to rain (and then ended the game) after
Toothpick Sam Jones
Samuel "Toothpick" Jones (December 14, 1925 – November 5, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles between ...
pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball against St. Louis.
Dismissal
Dascoli was terminated by league president
Warren Giles in the middle of the 1961 season. The action came after media reports alleged that Dascoli had criticized the president's lack of support for umpires. The same reporter also said that Dascoli was making plans to retire after the season.
See also
*
List of Major League Baseball umpires
References
1913 births
1990 deaths
Baseball people from Connecticut
Major League Baseball umpires
People from Canterbury, Connecticut
Sportspeople from Windham County, Connecticut
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