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Rangers' frustrated Chavez offers glasses to ump

For a baseball fan to shout the suggestion that an umpire needs glasses is nothing new. For a pitcher to actually offer an umpire his glasses, however ...

Texas Rangers pitcher Jesse Chavez did just that against the Houston Astros on Friday night.

Frustrated with the strike zone, Chavez removed his glasses and offered them to plate umpire Rob Drake as he walked off the mound at the end of the second inning.

"I thought he needed them," Chavez told reporters. "I don't think it was his prescription, though. He needed to be a little bit better.