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The iron is hot over strike three

By Scoop Jackson
Page 2

Thursday, October 13, 2005

CHICAGO -- How do you unring a bell? If you're Doug Eddings, you simply uncall a third strike. Baseball is supposed to be the one sport that is absolute. Yes, there are always questions about umps and strike zones and kids at Yankee Stadium who interfere with home runs. But other than that, the game -- not the players -- is supposed to be pure. Mike Scioscia ain't trying to hear that right now. Neither is anyone in an LAAOA uniform. And what makes baseball so absolute are the rules. Thi ...

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