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Old Tue Feb 10, 2009, 08:44pm
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Originally Posted by UmpTTS43 View Post
I recently attended a local association clinic that had some light plate work. When a friend of mine, and one of my college assignors, saw my new titanium, he looked at it and said, "I don't know how anyone would take you seriously wearing that." He went on saying that it looks like a toy, etc. I just had to laugh. I'm looking forward to wearing it with live pitching.
Ignoramuses like your assignor are part of what makes umpiring so fascinating.
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