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Old Mon May 18, 2009, 05:25pm
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AH HA!! "They've been right all along!"
Indisputable PROOF! You "know-it-all" umpires are proven WRONG! HA HA HA!

Yes, the HANDS

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Part of the BAT! (for they couldn't say it if it were not true!)

Mariners | Notebook | Bunt attempt ends badly for Rob Johnson | Seattle Times Newspaper


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He ran slowly toward first, wondering if it might be called a foul ball. It wasn't because a hand on the bat is considered part of the bat.
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Old Tue May 19, 2009, 07:54am
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Indisputable PROOF! You "know-it-all" umpires are proven WRONG! HA HA HA!

Yes, the HANDS

ARE

Part of the BAT! (for they couldn't say it if it were not true!)

Mariners | Notebook | Bunt attempt ends badly for Rob Johnson | Seattle Times Newspaper


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He ran slowly toward first, wondering if it might be called a foul ball. It wasn't because a hand on the bat is considered part of the bat.
You are absolutley, indisputably correct! And the pitch was a rising fastball, too!
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Old Tue May 19, 2009, 08:35am
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of course
if its printed in a newspaper its got to be correct......right????
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Old Tue May 19, 2009, 09:22am
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Maybe if we leave enough comments, the reporter will learn something. Or not.
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Old Tue May 19, 2009, 11:16am
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Maybe if we leave enough comments, the reporter will learn something. Or not.
Sadly, I think it would be "affimation" in the reporter's mind that umpires are an incompetent lot.
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I did get an MLB.com reporter to change a story last year...he had Interference and Obstruction confused and he ACTUALLY thanked me for correcting him.
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