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Old Tue Apr 25, 2017, 01:50pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by CecilOne View Post
Heard a very similar story, Varsity, which I almost posted. In it, the F3 ended up with a broken leg. Defense coach later sent email to all other coaches complaining about the umpires not ruling malicious. BTW, the F3 is also their #1 pitcher.
And that would make the situation better how? A broken leg is a broken leg. Tough break (no pun intended), but it always floors me how coaches turn these things into umpire issues.
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