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Originally Posted by starman
12 year old players, 15 year old umps.........
No outs. Nobody on base. Ball hit down the right field line. Home plate up yells foul. First base up points fair. Batter reaches second base. What’s the call? Fair or foul?
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As Garth pointed out a FOUL can be changed to FAIR, but in general when an umpire calls FOUL, it's FOUL.
In your example: what did F8 do when he heard FOUL?. Perhaps he stopped chasing after the ball or didn't even bother making a play to begin with after he heard FOUL which is the primary reason the BR made it second.
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ALL the players reacted as if the ball were indeed fair, then you can change the call, but as mentioned the general rule of thumb is when ONE umpire calls FOUL we all call FOUL and live with it. It's not the end of the world.
Pete Booth