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Old Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:05pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by rbmartin View Post
Excessive pine tar on the handle of the bat.
That's not a "call". That's enforcement of an administrative procedure that has no bearing on the outcome of play. Kinda like enforcing a base coach to stay in his box.

I'm talking about a true "call" that results in safes, outs, base awards, etc.
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