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Baseball

kairos12

(13,719 posts) Tue May 26, 2026, 10:28 AM 7 hrs ago

As I watch the introduction of the balls and strikes challenge system into

MLB I am reminded of this story.

One night when Nolan Ryan was really bringing it the umpire called a pitch a strike. The indignant batter stepped out and yelled at the Ump saying, are you crazy that ball SOUNDED outside.

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As I watch the introduction of the balls and strikes challenge system into (Original Post) kairos12 7 hrs ago OP

The late umpire Ron Luciano wrote that he had gone to an eye doctor after being behind the plate for games Ryan pitched. rsdsharp 3 hrs ago #1

rsdsharp

(12,096 posts)

1. The late umpire Ron Luciano wrote that he had gone to an eye doctor after being behind the plate for games Ryan pitched.

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Tue May 26, 2026, 02:30 PM

3 hrs ago

He said that it appeared to him the ball was breaking up into fragments when it got near the plate. The doctor told him his eyes were having trouble picking the pitch up as it got closer, and his eye line shifted, and it resulted in that optical illusion.

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