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Old Fri Sep 02, 2005, 01:29pm
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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And I've worked with one crew where we might go 6-7 plays in a row where NO whistle was blown.

To me, an umpire should blow the whistle very rarely - and usually only related to the "Hey! The play's over! Didn't you hear the whistle!!!"
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