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All mike is saying is that all balls need to go through the umpire, the pitcher can ask for a new ball and that the umpire can determine that a ball needs to be retired. Most umpires will get rid of a dead ball once they hear it. If it's left up to the offense to decide I'm with Mike in that they will try to get the "juiced ball" into the game far too often and there is a serious liability issue for the umpire with the bats out there and a criminal (as in manslaughter) issue for the person that offered the juiced ball. If you guys had showed restraint and not paid $300 for a bat we wouldn't have this issue at all, but there's no putting that genie back into the bottle. Jim
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