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Originally posted by LDUB
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Originally posted by mcrowder
Coach - you are not reading this wrong.
It's stupid, absurd, any number of similar adjectives...
But this is Fed's interp this year. "Foul Ball!!!" equals DEAD ball, even if subsequently caught.
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No it is not a stupid rule, it is a great rule. The Federation does not want officials to have to decide what would have happned had the ball not been called foul.
If you are competent, this rule means nothing to you. It will never come up. But if someone is stupid enough to call foul, while the ball is in the air, about to be caught, do you think he is smart enough to determine if any runners would be able to advance after the catch?
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Please explain to me what decisions an umpire would have to make on a CAUGHT foul fly ball that he declared foul before it was caught.
So..if I didn't call that ball foul, what would have happened? Well..the ball would have been caught, just like it was and the runners could tag a run at their own risk. I don't see what big decision I would have to make.