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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
And then you have a runner flying down the 3B line diving into the plate wiping out the catcher who is waiting for a new ball only to look up and see the umpire 15' down the line giving a dead ball signal.
Yes, sometimes it seems ludicrous to verbalize a foul ball, but there are others relying upon it like a batter that put the ball into the air over the backstop, but she doesn't know that as she is churning for 1B. A runner off on the pitch unnecessarily sliding into 2B or 3B. How long have coaches been telling runners to run and not watch the ball?
Also, what may be "obvious" to you may not be so to others. If someone gigs you on that, I'd hate to see what happens if you are forced to exit the plate area throuth the LH batter's box.
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Agreed 100%. But, Mike, you of all people shouldn't be surprised to learn that NCAA coaches do not want umpires to tell players anything, even that a batted ball is foul. Base umpires are instructed to neither echo nor signal foul balls called by the plate umpire, just allow runners to run, slide, whatever, rather than tell them. Because, don't you know, they should only be listening to their coaches!!
