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					Originally Posted by Steve M  First - here's hoping you pressed chargesNext - You were wrong to call an IP just because it might have been distracting.  IP calls must be based on the rules, and if she did nothing illegal - per the rules - you're wrong to call IP.  As for distracting, or maybe intending to be distracting - what about a glove slapping the leg.  Or twisting the body before making a legal delivery, or maybe knocking the hat off before making a legal delivery.  Your IP call - and according to your description, it's a wrong call - makes it that much worse for other umpires.
 |  I think he gotcha, Steve.
 
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