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Old Tue Apr 11, 2017, 01:18pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu View Post
We had a district UIC giving us mechanics protocols. He said that if a batted fly ball was close to the line and was touched fair, but not caught, that we were to give a point and then to verbalize "FAIR BALL!" ... . Many of us were wondering if some new mechanic (that hadn't made it into the book) was being introduced.


Ummm, no.
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