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Old Sun Aug 16, 2009, 11:04am
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Originally Posted by johnnyg08 View Post
It seemed like he called swinging strike three. Then asked for help on the check swing or maybe a foul tip/out. Yeah, he appeared to ask, then clapped his hands together and hammered Mourneau out. Gardy comes out, he goes to ask for help, then, gets is correct w/ the foul ball call. Wedge was expected to come out...but they got the play right.
I don't think he originally asked for help.
I've seen the clap (or sometimes bump your fists together) on a foul tip...so what I think he was signaling on the point was that the ball was caught before it hit the ground, then the clap was that it was tipped, followed by the out.
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