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Old Wed Jan 20, 2016, 02:39pm
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Originally Posted by Andy View Post
When I flip at a softball game, I ask the player to call it while the coin is in the air....Is that a standard practice?
I used to ask the captain/coach to call it in the air. I no longer do, after a small fiasco where both captains on a team called it and all I heard was "Teds". Or maybe "Hails". I don't know.

Quote:
Me: "Captain/Coach, I would like you to call the flip: heads or tails?"
Me, confirming: "Heads?"
Me: "Heads is the call, and we have..." [flip] "...tails. Coach, you have the option."
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