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Old Tue Jul 14, 2009, 11:34pm
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Originally Posted by scarolinablue View Post
OK, two very interesting things I observed in the first inning:

Since he's miked for sound, DeMuth is distinctly giving the location of many of the ball calls (I know I've heard "outside" and "ball down"). Any defenders out there for this...seems like little league to me!
It's fairly common in pro ball. Cuts way down on the chatter from the dugout & let's F1/F2 settle in to the PU's zone. Given the number of subs in a game like this it's an easy way to make things go smooth & easy.
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