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Old Mon Jan 26, 2009, 02:29am
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Years ago, I remember Brett Butler telling me to watch when this rookie catcher named Piazza hits one of his screaming drives. Then watch how often the umpires will throw the ball away after he hits it. "I've never seen the umpires throw out so many baseballs on one guy. He crushes the ball harder than any hitter I have ever seen."

I took this picture of Paul Konerko a few years ago. This drive almost went through the right-center field fence at Angels Stadium. I watched the ball come back in and get handed to Bruce Froemming, who pushed his thumb into it and tossed it away:


They actually get a quarter-sized crater in the ball. Watch how often they throw out a ball that gets killed like that.
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