On close plays, we'd haggle amongst ourselves until we reached a decision on "safe" or "out".
garden hose
Down ‘n Dirty…
Cold sweat, spit-covered hands and mud probably immune-trained" our microbes about as well as could be expected.
Is the Bird the Final Word?
Some balled it "monkey blood."
Singing Hosannas to the Hose…
I understand the ox weren't too crazy about the idea.