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Old Fri Jul 23, 2004, 01:21pm
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Originally posted by Atl Blue
Dan:

I cannot remember which book it was (Ball Four? No, I don't think so...) where two MLB pitchers were debating this very point one night. So the next day, in a meaningless situation with no one on base, one of them started his windup and then just fell down, just to see what the ump would do or call. The ump called TIME and asked if he was OK. That was it, no other call. The pitcher was actually kind of disappointed.

This was Tug McGraw who did this. Figures, eh?
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