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Originally Posted by fitump56
Creeping back into umpires mouths is ths insidious habit. The prevalence of smaller but more nicotine saturated "pinches" can keep this violation, at most parks, hidden to most. MLB players have become especially good at mixing their dip with sunflower seeds, bubble gum - the kids know this and MLB and most ump orgs turn their backs when it comes to enforcement.
It’s not as uncommon as you might think. One out of ten 12- to 17- year-olds nationwide uses spit tobacco.
Smokeless is not harmless. Where cigarette smokers must be concerned about cancers of the lungs, spit tobacco users face mouth, throat and stomach cancers. It is not uncommon for these cancers to develop within 5 years of using.
It doesn’t take long to get hooked. Because there is more nicotine from smokeless tobacco than from cigarettes, users of spit tobacco become addicted within weeks of first trying chew.
What are we thinking about?
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First off, chewing and dipping have NEVER been against MLB rules. My men Jake Peavy and Marcus Giles have big old wads of chew in their mouths at all times. It's only banned in MiLB, High School and some youth ball leagues. Whenever I did a NABA, ADABA, USABF, MSBL, Mexican-American, or any other "big boy" or adult league, I have dipped and chewed with total immunity.
I dipped and chewed as a prison guard in the late 70s, and also as an umpire when working baseball games for years and years, and never got any cancer. You either are susceptable to cancer or you're not. I smoked from age 12 until two and half years ago, and never got cancer from that either. Imagine that! You either have cells that can become cancerous or you don't. Once again, it is all in the genes.
I think you should stop trying to dictate what people do in their private lives. You seem to try to act like Big Brother all the time. Knock it off.