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Old Sun Oct 27, 2013, 08:17am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by sbatten View Post
It seemed like a textbook call...
No, it WAS a textbook call.

No doubt about it, no matter how many people complain that Middlebrooks couldn't do anything about it. I had to laugh with someone (might've been Salty) who thought Craig went out of the baseline when he got up and started for home. Make a good throw, Salty, and none of this would've taken place.
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