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I'll echo what you've heard here. Call the close ones - the ones where your decision needs to be heard to stop play. 90% or more of all fouls don't need to be called at all.
One of my (many) pet peeves is the newby or the 1-year of experience repeated 20 times veteran umpires who have to yell foul ball the millisecond that they see the ball hit foul. Had this happen to one of those guys. Ball swung at hard and barely hit - rolling foul down the line with lots of spin but staying straight. Partner yells foul, ball hits the grass lip and the spin propels it immediately back foul.
Foul is an action that can't be taken back. Avoid it, call it when and if you HAVE to.
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West Houston Mike
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