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Old Tue Aug 26, 2014, 11:17am
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Originally Posted by nopachunts View Post
teebob21, one of my pet peeves by TV announcers. I can guarantee that you have never or will never be hit by a "foul tip".
After I posted that, I wondered if anyone would call me out on that. I decided not to change it, and leave it out there as bait. The correct verbiage is "tipped foul ball", I know. As far as my face is concerned, those pitches that go "sharply and directly" to the mask start off as foul tips, only I'm the one who "catches" them.
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