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Originally posted by Blu_IN
I will also signal a safe mechanic on a trap in the infield. But Mike, do you really want to say "no catch?" That could be misinterpreted as "catch" especially if the fans are loud and drown out the sound. I have verblized "trap" or "safe." Conversely, on infield line drives that are caught but it is tuff to see, I will say "catch" and "out."
Things I don't tend to verbalize are routine caught fly balls, though I do give a close-to-the-body out signal. I do not signal foul ball if it is more then about 10 feet from the line and stop vocals 15 feet from the line.
Blu
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Rubbish! I call it what it is, NO CATCH. As stated, I announce this in a clear and loud manner.
The book calls for a verbal "safe" on a trapped ball, but I know quite a few umpires whose "safe" and "out" are just about the same. A clear "NO" "CATCH" should not be a problem especially since it is two distinctive words. As a player, if I heard more than one word, I knew it wasn't "out".
And if you want to talk semantics, like many on this board love to pick apart the book, the BR is not safe on a dropped or trapped ball, they are by definition, "in jeopardy".
[Edited by IRISHMAFIA on Oct 12th, 2005 at 07:58 AM]