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Old Wed Aug 21, 2013, 11:45am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by tjones1 View Post
This umpire also pounded his fists together and then touched his mask with two fingers (not all the time but often enough that I picked up on it). Probably doesn't realize he's doing it - but it looks bad.
I watched him do another plate game a couple of days ago, and saw him do this. I think it's some kind of quirky ritual to get him locked in.
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