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Old Tue Oct 08, 2013, 09:46am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by BigTex View Post
RF and LF umpires do not have any fair/foul responsibility in front of them.
Then maybe somebody should straighten that out with them. I've seen them signal fair/foul on balls that are between them and their U1/U3 partners.

In fact, in a Rays/Red Sox game at Fenway, LFU Mike Winters got hit with a fair ball as it sliced toward him. He signalled fair when the ball hit the ground in front of him, and as he was trying to move into foul territory away from the ball, it still got him.
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