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Old Mon May 04, 2009, 11:25pm
bkbjones bkbjones is offline
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Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch View Post
Sometimes requiring a slide is probably more safe than not...
Tell it to the girl at a regional I worked in 2003...the one with the compound leg fracture who hasn't been able to play sports since.

Tell it to the catcher who left the field yesterday in the ambulance.

I'm sure we can find many more examples. It can be a dangerous sport, and making slides mandatory at any level is not going to make it any less dangerous.
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Last edited by bkbjones; Tue May 05, 2009 at 02:35pm. Reason: So Stu Clary wouldn't make fun of my grandkids. Stu, next time, just PM me
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