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Originally posted by Pete in AZ
Carl Childress- I might be missing something but why can't a runner or offensive player pick up a foul ball? They are taught to lead off in foul territory when on third- if they get hit it doesn't matter. Batters pick up foul balls and had them to the catcher all of the time. I've seen that in the pros. If the ball is foul it is dead. Unless it is really close and the runner one hop snags it before you make the call, the blame lies with the umpire not the player. We make the standard foul call with the uprised arms as you do. I've seen plenty of coaches argue that an umpire has raised his arms but not said a thing on a foul ball. They want the ball dead. The pros do this mechanic too. It sounds like that league administrator had a case of the needtojustifyhisjobitis. That's just my 2cents, so if it isn't worth much, I admit it. Thanks for reading this.
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Pete: I agree with you. But the president of the Pioneer League did not.
I said we shouldn't go to war in Iraq. The President said we should.
But when the ball is OBVIOUSLY foul, we don't raise our hands. For example, the batter fouls the ball straight back to the backstop. Do you raise your hands and say: "Foul"?
The batter fouls the ball over the first-base dugout and into the stands. Do you raise your hands and say: "Foul"?
The batter bunts the ball toward third. It comes to a stop about fifteen feet from the foul line. Do you raise your hands and say: "Foul"?
In our games, when the ball is foul with no possibility of becoming fair, I don't care if Golum picks it up.