[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by Ump Rube

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This is the reason you hand the ball to F2 and have him throw it to F1. Thankfully it only got him in the side, and not the head.

It was the catcher who hit him, not the umpire. The umpire made the better throw. Maybe the catcher should hand the ball to the umpire.