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Originally Posted by BretMan
Considering that:
- The catcher never achieved control of the ball.
- There was no tag made.
- The ball is rolling around on the ground.
Isn't the correct mechanic to make no signal at all?
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Speaking softball, this is correct only if the runner did not touch the plate. Trying to keep this non-specific wrt who the umpire is (and his reputation for delayed calls) and the fact that it is baseball, if the umpire saw the runner touch the base, the runner was safe at that instant. To then wait to see if the catcher regains control of the ball and to only make the safe call as the catcher is moving to make the tag is inviting controversy, IMO. Some sort of theatrics / sell call on the part of the umpire would have helped, IMO.