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rsdsharp

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1. The late umpire Ron Luciano wrote that he had gone to an eye doctor after being behind the plate for games Ryan pitched.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 02:30 PM

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He said that it appeared to him the ball was breaking up into fragments when it got near the plate. The doctor told him his eyes were having trouble picking the pitch up as it got closer, and his eye line shifted, and it resulted in that optical illusion.

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