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				Originally posted by scyguy  
As one of my instructors told me one time, the ball is not living, so it cannot become dead.  Call Time 
			
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 The rulebook disagrees:
Rule 5 of OBR is filled with references to "live", "alive", and "dead" balls. Likewise FED rules have a chart devoted to "dead' and "delayed dead" balls.
The words "dead" and "live" ball appear in many places in the rulebook. Obviously, you have never cut open a baseball and found its beating heart.