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A pitch, a warning, and then the umpire is out
A pitch, a warning, and then the umpire is out
Kerwin Danley, working behind home plate at a Dodgers game, remembers catcher Russell Martin yelling 'look out!' But he took the Brad Penny fastball on the jaw. He still feels lingering effects. > Amid all the light and sound that is a major league baseball game, with thousands upon thousands of fans buzzing behind him, Kerwin Danley distinctly heard two words.
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