Quote:
Originally posted by Pete Booth
OBR 5.09(e)
A foul ball is not caught; runners return. The umpire shall not put the ball in play until all runners have retouched their bases;
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As Pete correctly quoted, the onus is on the umpire not to point the ball alive until the runners have retouched.
And we
all point the ball alive, every time, after it becomes dead.
Don't we?