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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp
I used to call "no catch," but I now feel that it could be confused for "catch!" I now give a solid "safe" signal with no verbal.
If it's close, the players should be listening for the "out" call anyway. If they don't hear it, then that should be a big clue.
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I agree. As a player, and the reason we do not call "fair", I was taught that you play until you hear the umpire. We all do not talk with the same dialect, inflections, drawl, accent, etc.
Remember a game in Richmond one year with runners at 1st & 2nd and a shot down the LF line. Umpire screams, "GOOD BALL" and everyone, offense and defense, stops dead in their tracks. This umpire couldn't understand why no one was running.
