Found August 01, 2009 on
Tomahawk Take:
I don’t mean to harp on this but come on! If you missed one of the most bizarre moments in baseball between an umpire and a player, please view this fist pump between the Florida Marlins catcher and Umpire Bill Hohn after Brian McCann stuck out in a game filled with ejections.
Now, please tell me [...]
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