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Why baseball umpires carry tiny brooms

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In a stadium filled with roaring fans and multimillion-dollar athletes, the most authoritative figure frequently bends down to perform basic housekeeping. Carrying a cute little broom in their back pocket, they diligently sweep dirt off a flat rubber shape buried in the ground. It is an oddly domestic chore right in the middle of intense athletic action.

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