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Umps have a list of poky pitchers
Dana DeMuth, chief of the umpiring crew that penalized Cleveland right-hander Rafael Betancourt on Tuesday night for taking too much time to throw a pitch, put to rest suggestions by the Indians that the Tigers had alerted the umpires to Betancourt's slow pace. DeMuth said Wednesday that Betancourt is on a list, supplied by Major League Baseball to its umpires, that shows which pitchers and ...
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