n this series I've listed several difficult situations from the game of baseball and named them with some degree of creativity. I've attempted to show how an umpire can make the abnormal and the challenging look normal and easy. Interference, check swings, and finally player contacting player wind up the three-part series.

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The amnesia play

Some of the most sarcastic plugs heard on the ball field are:

• Would you mind seeing that pitch again?
• Give him a second look at that pitch!
• Are we watching the same game?
• I think it would be interesting to get a second look at that play.
• I just got a personal epiphany that I'd like for you to get.
• There's a camera running over here. Let's take a look at the replay.

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