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cfnews13.com - 8/7/2009

In Clearwater, Playing Catch Is Against The Law - Central Florida News 13

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PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- Clearwater city officials are working to change a law that makes it illegal to play catch in public. Under the ordinance, which officials say was passed several years ago, anyone who plays catch on the beach or even at the park is breaking the law. That rule ...

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steadyburn.net - 8/7/2009

Playing Catch Banned in Florida

— steadyburn.net — I haven’t spoken to him yet, but my grandfather - a half-the-year Florida resident and man who... has no less than nine sets of lawn darts in his garage - is surely offended by this... (more) Playing Catch Banned in Florida

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withleather.uproxx.com - 8/8/2009

CATCH BANNED IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA

— withleather.uproxx.com — It’s bad enough that the citizens of Clearwater, Florida can’t go to the beach and smoke weed.... Listening to the waves crash down with that smoke in your lungs sure would get your mind off a lot of things. Blah blah blah playing catch ... (more) CATCH BANNED IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA

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Playing Catch Banned in Florida
Steady Burn — ... activity involving thrown or otherwise propelled objects such as balls, stones, arrows, javelins, shuttlecocks, Frisbees, model aircraft or roller skates on any public bathing beach or park property except in areas set aside for that purpose.” To be fair, it would have been have unjust to only ban bow and arrow. H/T to Popehat.com, who points out that since they passed this law, badminton-related deaths have dropped dramatically. In Clearwater, Playing Catch Is Against The Law (cfnews13.com)

Enemy of the Uncommon State: Clearwater, FL
Uncommon Sportsman — Enemy of the Uncommon State: Clearwater, FL Partial Text Of Section 22.49 "No person or persons shall engage in rough or potentially dangerous activity such as football, baseball, softball, horseshoes, tennis, volleyball, badminton, or ...