The fixed umpire
The fixed umpire. Illustration shows a baseball game between the Ultimate Consumer AC and the Monopoly Giants where a Giants ballplayer is sliding head-first into a base and is being tagged out by an Ultimate Consumer AC ballplayer with a ball labeled Tariff Reduction; despite not even reaching the base, the umpire labeled Congress calls the baserunner, who winks and points at the umpire, safe. Date 1909 June 2. The fixed umpire. Illustration shows a baseball game between the Ultimate Consumer AC and the Monopoly Giants where a Giants ballplayer is sliding head-first into a base and is being tagged out by an Ultimate Consumer AC ballplayer with a ball labeled Tariff Reduction; despite not even reaching the base, the umpire labeled Congress calls the baserunner, who winks and points at the umpire, safe. Date 1909 June 2
