Thread: Say it better?
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Old Wed May 15, 2019, 02:58pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu View Post
Actually, both.
Can't have both, because each calls for two completely different and conflicting calls. You either have "ball contacts batter" which is a Foul Ball if she's still in the box, or "batter contacts ball" which is an Out if the ball was in fair territory.

What you say better to the coach--which is the subject of your original post--needs to be a clear articulation of what happened. It's gotta be one or the other.
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