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Old Thu Jan 19, 2006, 06:30pm
The Roamin' Umpire The Roamin' Umpire is offline
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Originally posted by Bob M.
REPLY: Definitely bad. The covering official should neither say nor do anything in this case. That should be a 'clue' for B32 and anyone else watching.
Yup. This is very standard across several sports; certainly in baseball the mechanic when the ball is live and no one realizes it is to do nothing. (And if the catcher tries to flip the ball to you, just back away and let it hit the ground. Someone usually takes the hint at that point.)
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