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"Seems to me if you werent quick enough to yell "ball game"
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A semi-myth?. Does anyone know when and where someone came up with the idea that the words "ball game" carried some magic meaning?
To the best of my knowledge, only the NCAA acknowledges an umpire terminating a game by declaring "GAME". Anyone aware of any other association where these words have meaning?
I believe NCAA allows a coach to make a dead-ball appeal. That's why the it was a DMC. The ball wasn't dead and it tipped off the offense.
It's quite possible that the umpire would have let the assist go if the defense had not brought attention to the BR not yet advancing to 1B. The celebrating teammates did indeed literally push her toward 1B while telling her she had to touch the base.
The NPF follows NCAA rules.