Quote:
Originally Posted by RPatrino
As a base runner, if I am looking at the umpire as opposed to the ball, I am at a disadvantage anyway. The signal is superfluous. Just like the 'foul tip' signal. Yet we still do it.
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On a shoestring catch, the runner needs to know what the
umpire called it, not what
he thinks it was.
Naturally, the runner is going to look at the play, but if the catch/no-catch is questionable, his eyes are going to
immediately turn to the umpire. He won't give a crap if it is fair or foul at that moment.