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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Waiting for an umpire to open his mouth does not delay the status of the ball.
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Again, the purpose is for the umpire to delay his declaration so that the runners can complete their base running responsibilities. When the ball
became dead does not matter.
And in the situation presented by OP the ball never went out of play. When the umpire opened his mouth was
all that mattered.