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Old Mon Jun 27, 2005, 09:30am
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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I always thought they were turning toward the visitor's dugout, pointing at the manager as if to say, "That was a strike, screw you coach."

(Of course, if this were true, they'd have to point the other way when calling strikes against the home team, huh?)
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