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Old Tue Jul 09, 2002, 12:02pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jerry
Peter:
5.11 is ONE way for the ball to become live, but certainly not the ONLY way. You certainly aren't suggesting that EVERY time there's a stoppage of play, (e.g. when a coach, spectator or on-deck batter tosses an out-of-play ball back to PU while the pitcher already has one) we're gonna yell "Time" and "Play"????? For Pete's sake (pun intended), the game drags on long enough already!

THe game situation, the distance between the coach / spectator / on-deck batter and the umpire, and whether I catch the ball will dictate whether I call, "Time".

If the ball is dead, I always (try to) call, "play", if runners are on.

It's not seen much at the youth levels because you can't hear the umpires do it at the ML level. Plus, when you call it at the yout level, F2 and the batter willoften turn around and say, "what?"

But, at the NCAA level and in minor league baseball, the call is verbalized.
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