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Having been on the recieving end of one of those bullets, I can tell you that unless you are thinking about it prior, your thoughts are not on the game when you take a BB off the body. True, his partners should recognize that the ball was immediately dead, since the umpire was struck in front of an infield position player. But even with the advent of metal bats, this occurrence is rare. We are trained to move quickly and get out of the way.
I'll accept the fact that this was a big game and the crew was undoubtedly worthy of the assignment. Stuff happens...remember a certain uncaught third strike in the WS last year?
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