Bruce Froemming, record-setting major league umpire, dies at age 86

Bruce Froemming, a major league umpire for 37 consecutive years who worked the third-most games in big league history and a record 11 no-hitters, died Wednesday, his son said. Froemming fell just after midnight Tuesday and hit his head on the hardwood floor at his home in Mequon, Wisconsin, and was taken to Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee, according to Froemming's son, Steven. Froemming was a semipro baseball player and started his umpiring career in the minor leagues in...

By The Associated Press