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Thanks for all the input everyone
Let me try to explain where the contact was made more precisely.
It was a right handed batter, ball went pretty much straight down and a little forward. Took about a knee high bounce and ended about a foot in front of lefty batters box. Batter started running and like jump stopped just outside the batters box seeing she was going to make contact with the ball. From my perspective, which was behind and left, I could not tell if she touched the ball or not. At the time I felt if she did make contact with the ball it would have went forward more than it did. I am sure the PU couldn't see any contact as he was blocked by the catcher and batter/runner. PU did signal fair ball though.
I, like most of you, figured if the BU saw the batter/runner contact the ball, it would have been called dead at that point. Play on I thought.
The 2 umpires were not going to conference until the defence, brought it up between batters.
That is why I thought it may have become a timing play, based on what I thought was an appeal from the defence. But from what I read this could not have been the case.
Just to let you know I do not have a player on either team, just happened to be there.
Thanks again for the input.
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