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Old Mon Jun 21, 2004, 11:24am
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Originally posted by Dakota
Unless there is some reason to suspect clairvoyance, insider knowledge of the umpire's weighted coin, or access to statistical data on the flipping tendancies of a particular umpire, there is no advantage - none, zero, zlich, aught, goose egg, naught - gained by being the person who actually makes the call on the coin flip.

All due respect, Glen, I agree with the 18U players - goofy.
I agree, Tom.

I asked if he wanted to borrow my coin.

These two teams did like the idea, since it was different.

I actually worked with this same umpire (BTW - an excellent
umpire), this weekend in La. We had the finals in the winners
bracket. We flipped.

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