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Open your eyes again Chances are that umpire is not just a collection of parts from all the umpires you've ever seen since Dad started taking you to the bullpark at seven, chances are it's true-to-life former umpire Ron Luciano. During his 11 years umpiring in the American League. Luciano shaped himself into one of baseball's most recognizable physiques. Very visible to start with because of his 6'4, 250-lb fame, he became even more conspicuous on the field with a variety of never before-seen histrionics: the sextuple pump out call, the "outoutoutoutoutout...
...antics, Luciano was a truly lovable guy. Crowds responded to him, journalists interviewed him, the Today Show asked him to be a guest. Everyone laughed at him for all his bombastic gesturing but respected him because they knew he was laughing...
...Luciano was as enthusiastic about the game as the game is about him. He stumbled into umpiring on a business trip to Florida, and the union was a delightfully perfect fit. He could never really shake his little kids' awe of the athletes around...
...spot-checked the mail facilities at Rome's Fiumicino Airport, one of the more glacial arms of Italy's infamous postal service. The inspector found only four of the office's 49 workers on the job. As it happened, his report landed on the desk of Luciano Infelisi, a crusading magistrate, who was appalled by the absenteeism. Infelisi began to issue warrants, and he demanded that 20 ministries and state agencies hand over the names of employees with high absenteeism records. Before Italy's 3.8 million civil servants could say "Per Bacco! What's going...
...wrong to criticize Luciano Pavarotti [Nov. 30] for his commercialism and hype. He has taken opera out of the tiny domain of the musical elite and given it to the world. Thanks to Pavarotti, some south Georgia teen-agers now concede that opera is "not too bad." What more noble achievement is there...