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Tue Jul 01, 2014, 05:38pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

People have a tendency to stop playing when they hear the umpire verbalize just about anything prior to a play being made.

Tell me about it. In a social club league I play in, we had a guy umpiring who I'm familiar with.

All is going well until partway through the game, a ball is hit close to the line in fair territory, and he yells an emphatic "FAIR BALL!"

At the sound of the letter "F", everyone freezes for a half second until they hear the word "fair".

I'm in the first base coaching box shaking my head.

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