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Old Mon Sep 04, 2006, 11:57pm
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Originally Posted by RonA
Should I have waited before declaring the FB,
Yes. You should wait until the ball actually IS a foul ball.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RonA
and did doing so make the catch of the foul ball a moot point?
No, but you will end up with a real brouhaha on your hands eventually if you get into the habit of calling FOUL too early. A fly ball is never a foul ball. It has to hit something first (ground, player, etc.)

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