Thread: Catch/No Catch
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Old Fri Apr 10, 2009, 06:22pm
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Originally Posted by Chris_Hickman View Post
It is either "That's a catch" or "no catch". If I am the plate guy in a 2 man and I see a fielder dive for a ball and miss/drop it, I signal and say" no catch".
If the ball drops untouched in the outfield between 2 fielders, I would probually say to my partner "ball's down". Your baseguy should be watching the ball and glancin' at runners anyway. He should see the play. Anything that you have to "sell" gets a "That's a catch" or "no catch".
I will now be changing from "That's a catch" and "Down" (or "It's on the ground") to "That's a catch" and "No catch."

Thanks, Chris.
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