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Originally Posted by dash_riprock
An umpire should never call DEAD (ball). Time and Foul are the only words used to kill the ball.
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The state clinician (NFHS) in my most recent clinic disagrees with you. So do some rulebooks, actually - caseplays that end with "the umpire shall rule the ball dead." (or "rule a dead ball")
"TIME" is for stopping play for a conference requested by a coach or for killing play prior to a pitch. Or in LL machine pitch, ruling the play over when the ball reaches a circle.
"Dead Ball" is used when something during play (runner interference, bat hits ball a 2nd time, ball goes out of play, etc) kills the play.