Clipping:Umpire behind home

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Date Sunday, August 20, 1882
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The easiest position in a base ball match is that of the umpire. All he has to do is to catch all the passed balls and half the foul balls on his ribs and stomach and cry “ball” and “strike” in regular alternation, and enjoy a general and enthusiastic cussing from both nines and all the spectators when the game is over. Anybody can be an umpire if he has only the “gall., quoting the Burlington Hawkeye

Source The Philadelphia Item
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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