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Show Carl Mays Makes Life Hard for the Umpire National league umpires are bound to experience some hectic aftemooos tha coming season now that Carl Mays will pitch for the Cincinnati : Reds. He always has been a tough fellow for the arbiters to handle. To begin i with. Mays' style of pitching causes i the umpi plenty of grief. He throw! 1 underhand, all of his shoots starting near the ground, and keeps the ball around the batter's knees. Carl aller-1 aller-1 nates between a fast ball that breaks Ilka a spltter and a curve that rises as It nearg the plate. Mays has a bad temper, too, and In his attempts to get all of the close decisions, de-cisions, makes life miserable for the umpires. |