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Word: reper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deafness had more lasting reper-cussions on the conduct of baseball. The hand signals used by umpires to indicate whether a pitch is a strike or a ball actually originated with Hoy. Since he could neither hear nor speak, umpires began to signal as a matter of course...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Player Who Didn't Make It to Cooperstown | 2/12/1977 | See Source »

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