[Rog]

Ask these folks - exactly when does a ball become dead?
i.e. while in flight over a dead ball area; or, upon touch a dead ball area?????
In other words, can a fielder who is standing in live ball territory reach into a dead ball area and make a legal catch of a ball which is in flight over a dead ball area.
Now, if throwing through a dead ball area were to pose a hazard to people who might be in that area then a local ground rule might in deed be appropriate.
Is that the case?????