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Sat Oct 14, 2006, 05:37pm

Rich Ives

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And a curious one from softball:
Why do announcers, coaches, etc. refer to the "pitchers mound" when in fact there is no mound on the softball field?

I'll admit that the only brodcast softball I ever watch is the Women's College WS, but at least there they always call it "the circle".

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