Quote:
Originally Posted by RadioBlue
Perhaps you're right at the college or pro level. Since I don't work those levels, I won't dispute what you're saying. I can tell you that it is a "dead ball" (as well as "time" and "foul") signal at the NFHS level.
But my point remains the same, if you've signaled it, you've called it. |
Quote:
Originally Posted by RadioBlue
Ouch!  Now you're making me feel like an old dog. 
Teach me a new trick, then. Are you saying that a batted ball chopped at the plate that comes up and hits the batter unseen by the PU results in the BU calling "Time"? If so, in what levels is that being taught?
It's an interesting idea. I've never heard of not using "Dead" or "Dead Ball." What's the rationale? Is it merely to delineate a distinction between baseball and softball? |
The calls make the ball dead, but we don't call "Dead Ball." We don't say "Dead Ball" anymore. It used to be used for a HBP or a ball going into DBT, many, many years ago, but it went out of favor, mostly due to wiseacre clinicians who would perform a funeral for the ball if you said, "Dead ball" instead of "Time." Personally, I don't see what all the fuss was ever about, except clinicians trying to look really smart and be funny in clinics.
In your example of the ball coming up and hitting the batter still in the box, the proper call for the PU has ALWAYS been "Foul." The BU calls "Time" when he sees the ball bounce up and hit the batter, and kills the ball (making it dead
) and lets the PU decide whether or not the batter was still in the box, making it a foul (or an out if batter was out of the box).