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Old Thu Apr 26, 2007, 10:25am
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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
I guess I am in the minority here;
You're not. Most umpires I work with will not call timeout in the OP, unless we're playing the waiting game for no reason. In fact, we often brag in the dressing room (or the bar) about how many half innings we had that were live the whole time. I'd say that more than half of my innings are constantly live - with the majority of breakages caused by conferences and fouls out of play.
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