It was a delayed fist signal that I got from my umpire. almost like he was questioning whether I had a catch or not. It was like it came after the coach started complaining. Does anyone just verbalize the foul ball at that point to avoid confusion? I usually verbalize the foul ball as a base ump but maybe I'm wrong for doing so... I will use the fist, or point to the ground on plays that are routine. This became a mess as you can tell from the above post and because the coach was such a nice guy
and the confusing communication from my partner, I just stuck with the call.