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Old Fri Apr 04, 2014, 07:12am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by EsqUmp View Post
Yeah, you might get it right in the first place.

Another example of paranoid "what if" softball umpires.
Absolutely correct.

What if Umpire: Okay, here comes the throw. POP! Yep, beat him by 5 strides....but did the first baseman pull the foot just a bit early....hmmmm......what if the foot was pulled early......wow, I don't want to get this wrong......I know, I'll go to my partner to make sure I got this one right.....(looking up)...er, where is he?.......shouldn't he be trailing the batter-runner.......what's he doing up the third base line?..... there probably wasn't.....WAIT! where's the ball?......oh, the runner on first base must've kept running.....what am I going to do with this player and coach screaming at me for a call?.......

Yep, I want to be on that crew.
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Last edited by IRISHMAFIA; Fri Apr 04, 2014 at 11:49am.
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