SYCAMORE, Ill. -- Sycamore High School athletic director Chauncey Carrick saw the umpire schedule for his school's baseball doubleheader on April 27, and he knew there would be a conflict.
One of the umpires that day would have more on his mind than calling balls and strikes. Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey has been officiating youth sports since his football coach at Notre Dame College Prep in Niles, Illinois, asked if any players wanted to ref Pop Warner football.
About 50 years later, McCaskey was working home plate for a high school baseball game in a small town a little over an hour west of Chicago.