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Originally posted by bluezebra
To those of you who disagreed with me, re-read the original post. The BU made the call. The PU did not. After the play, the PU came out and overruled the BU. I don't care what the proper mechanic is/was, the BU made the call, and the PU said/signalled nothing until AFTER the fact. There were no simultaneous calls.
Therefore, there is no cause for a protest, ONLY an appeal to the BU to check with the PU.
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In my mind, I see this play as an obvious no catch. On obvious no catches, do you signal/say safe? I would assume that you do nothing. If this is the case, there would be no reason for the PU to make any call on the catch.
You are really asking a lot of the PU to call safe quick enoght to make a difference in the play, after he hears the BU call out. Think about it, after F3 grabs the ball, BU says out. PU, R3, and F3 all hear him say out at the same time. R3 starts to head back toward third, F3 starts to throw to third, and the PU yells no catch. Now the ball is on its way to third, and R3 dosen't know which way to run.
Once the FU calls out, you are going to be stuck in a weird situation no matter what the PU does.
[Edited by LDUB on Aug 7th, 2004 at 03:16 AM]