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Old Sun Jun 28, 2009, 03:38pm
SanDiegoSteve SanDiegoSteve is offline
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Originally Posted by bas2456 View Post
I was at a high school game recently and this play happened:

Man on first, two outs. Batter hits a gapper to right-center. Batter is going for three and is thrown out. Home plate umpire says run does not score before the out at third. He signals this by making the "safe" signal. Defense's manager is confused, thinking umpire counted the run.

Was this the correct mechanic?
No, he should have had his hands in front of his face waving them emphatically, almost like a football referee signaling Time Out, while loudly proclaiming "No run, no run!"
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