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Originally posted by PeteBooth:
While I realize that our calls (for kids that do not shave) need to be signalled and verbalized IMO there is a limit.
Pete Booth
I agree with Mark to an extent: The third strike should receive extra emphasis, if only to communicate to the kid that he's done for that at bat.
But I have seen an umpire hop around in a T-Ball game, yelling "Strike 6!" (Or whatever.)
You're doing it mostly right, Pete. During my career I generally started my "showboating" with plays in the Pony Division of Pony League (13-14). Down here those guys are all shaving and many of them are raising kids.
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Papa C
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