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Old Thu Jul 13, 2006, 07:21am
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Originally Posted by Dakota
I didn't mean it to be a technicality... but if the arm is still out half way to the next base, what is the umpire telling the players / coaches?
That something happened (probably OBS ... but conceivably something else) that caused a delayed dead ball, at some point within the past 2-3 seconds or so. Beyond that ... nothing. The length of time that you leave the arm up should be the same on every play (barring, of course, the necessity to use your left arm for something else during that time, like a safe call), and should have nothing to do with protection being on or off.
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