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[Boone]

Robert, very wise for such a youngster!

We have folk in our association who never eject for fear of "losing control" of the game. Little do they know that ejections allow you to "gain" control of the game.

but on the other side of the coin, there are players who "get it". A good catcher, for example, when a coach asks where that pitch was, and you know it was fricking down the middle but for some reason you balled it anyway, the catcher says "that was outside coach". That kid gets it. You think I'm gonna ring him up later on a borderline pitch? Not while I'm drawing breath.