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Old 03-12-2003, 11:44 AM   #28 (permalink)
Eckstein 4 Prez
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Also, this has been one of my pet peeves for a while now:

"Eckstein chases it, but it's foul by ten feet."

Every game, someone catches a ball that's foul by ten feet. It should be "Eckstein chases it, but it's out of play by ten feet."

or, IMO better still:

"Eckstein gives chase, but it goes out of play."

Most announcers don't know ten feet from three miles.
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