In keeping with most authors, Carl claimed he hadn't told everything in the first volume. So, naturally, there was a sequel.

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One of their hardest jobs is to keep one foot in the batter's box unless they swing at the pitch.

Another is sliding legally on a force play.

Here's quite a bit of informaton about that slippery subject.

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Commissioner Bud Selig said so. Executive Director of Baseball Operations Sandy Alderson said so. The umpires' union president John Hirschbeck said so. Player's union official Gene Orza said so. Even Steve Palermo, retired umpire and TV network gadfly, said so. Everybody said so.

So what did happen?

Garth takes us back to those beginning days of the 21st century, when hope was high that umpires could be taught to call strikes as the gods had intended.

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