Ronald Reagan used to tell a story like this from his sportscasting days. In particular he mentioned one time the wire system was delayed, and the only way to k

Ronald Reagan used to tell a story like this from his sportscasting days. In particular he mentioned one time the wire system was delayed, and the only way to keep the "game" going without possibly affecting the outcome wrongly was to have the batter continuously foul-tip the ball, and that time in particular "you've never heard of a player executing so many foul tips in a row"