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Old Wed Feb 28, 2007, 11:40am
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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
But if I'm the coach, any F3 who can't catch a popup 3-4 feet into the outfield grass is going to be doing lots of drills.
Doesn't it depend on where you had F3 playing? If the ball was not catchable in an umpire's view, I would have a hard time saying that it should be catchable in a coach's view (at least catchable enough to warrant punishing the player).
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