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Old Sat Aug 09, 2008, 07:50am
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Originally Posted by scroobs
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.
I would. PU obviously didn't see the foul. I would call "FOUL BALL" (I like the point down mechanic) and on we go.
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