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Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.

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Red Barber
Age: 84 †
Born: 1908
Born: February 17
Died: 1992
Died: October 22
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Columbus
Mississippi
Walter Lanier Barber
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Tight
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