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Old Mon Nov 21, 2005, 06:35pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by tzme415
1) For foul balls then it is now umpire's judgement on what is 'directly' - Fair enough, since I do only SP it give me more possible outs.

This is actually a clean up change. It really shouldn't change the way an umpire calls the game.

The "above the batter's head" has been a myth when it comes to a batted ball being caught for an out. The only thing it couldn't have been in the past is a foul tip.
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