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Mon Mar 26, 2001, 04:00pm
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All right guys just when you thought you've heard and seen it all.
Randy Johnson pitching yesterday in expo game killed a dove on a pitch in front of the plate. My call would be no pitch, dead ball who's going to pick up the bird? Have fun Don 
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Mon Mar 26, 2001, 05:52pm
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Here's another real but lighter side tale. Years ago I somehow ended up with a women's game - til then I only did men's fast pitch. Anyway, I've got the plate and during the game there's a batter who fouls the ball off of her leg. I throw both hands up (like I've got a good field goal) and holler "Dead ball. Got 'er in the box." Very calmly - and I think cruelly - the batter turned to me and said "No, Mr Ump. That ball hit me on the leg." Only then did I realize what I had said. I was kinda useless for about 5 minutes - and they coulda called me "Red" for a while after that. Now, I just holler "Dead ball".
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Mon Mar 26, 2001, 07:21pm
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A "Classic" story Steve......I remember when you first told that on McGriff's........It made me useless for more than 5 minutes. I had until that point.....always said the same thing............
 Joel
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Mon Mar 26, 2001, 08:25pm
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Lighter side
Steve, things could have gotten worse, cause some wise
guy in stands could have hollared rub it blue. Happened to me when catcher took one, and then they had not made women cups.
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glen _______________________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain.
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Mon Mar 26, 2001, 10:35pm
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Guys.........the obvious call on this is a FOWL ball.
Joel
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Tue Mar 27, 2001, 01:24am
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I was PU in the second game of a double header at a small Christian college in Costa Mesa, CA. A home team batter hit a drive to the fence and did a head first slide into 3B. My partner follows the play, calls and signals safe, and then calls time. The runner gets up, and is brushing herself off and talking to the coach, when my partner gets a big grin on his face and walks away. Between innings I asked him what happened. When the runner got up, the coach asked her if she was okay, and her reply was, "I just need a new set of nipples". No wonder my partner was grinning.
Bob
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