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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
This is not worded properly. By definition, the ball is dead the moment it leaves play, not when the umpire makes such a declaration.
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From one of my earlier posts:
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Ruling: Once the ball enters dead ball territory the umpire should first allow the runner to complete their base running responsibilities. The umpire should hesitate to see if the runner is going to retouch 1B. Then the umpire should call dead ball....
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As I said, the issue is when the umpire
declares the ball dead, not when the ball goes out of play.