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stl_ump
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In defense of Joe Buck (he is from St Louis after all ) and other announcers who describe a foul ball in that manner.  I think in that situation they are trying to paint a picture for the radio audien

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Sunday night Aaron Boone told the world a runner can't leave a base to tag up until the fielder has secure possession of the ball. His colleagues agreed whole hardheartedly. Someone got to them in bet

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and those are your key words in that sentence..........

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On 9/12/2016 at 10:13 AM, WildFlyer said:

Yeah ... and that's sad.  But I would have thought MçCarver ... as a catcher ... announcer ... and long time Major Leaguer would have known that rule.

And it's one of those "What does it matter" things to me.  Everybody can hate on Buck and He-who-shall-not-be-named all they want, but there's a reason they're on big games. Plus Tim's working Cardinals games.  He was one of my childhood heroes, Bob Gibson being the biggest hero.

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