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Originally posted by ChampaignBlue
OK, I'm just saying that there is no rule that says when a player becomes the batter and subsequently I should be allowed to announce the next batter out, inning over, during the dead ball.
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I'm sorry, but I believe you reasoning borders on the absurd. If runners are supposed to be advancing and you are looking for another batter, you are not doing your job as an umpire.
A dead-ball appeal is permitted and the umpire is instructed to not consider such an appeal until the play and all running assignments have been completed. Therefore, if the defense must wait, I would think the next batter must also wait as the umpire does not have the right to deprive any team from making a permissible and legal appeal.
AFA doing whatever you please during a dead-ball period, a fly ball tipped over the fence in fair territory is a dead-ball period, so are you going to call for the next batter that you know isn't going to be there while the player is still running the bases? Why not, is that not the same as what you are inferring here?