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<description>Perry Costello says umpiring baseball games is like any other job &#8212; it&#8217;s nice to get noticed. So when Costello received a call from the International Baseball Federation, or IBAF, in November 2007 telling him he was selected as one of only two American umpires to work at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, it was only natural that the DeWitt resident felt a chill go up his spine. &#8220;I&#8217;ve worked a lot of big events,&#8221; said Costello, who has lived in the Lansing area his entire life. &#8220;But after (IBAF director of umpires Dick Runchey) talked to me and offered it to me, it made my neck hairs stand up and I said, &#8216;OK, that&#8217;s pretty cool.&#8217;</description>
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