16U ASA Fastpitch. Batter takes a full swing and hits ball which hits the plate and bounces straight up. Catcher doesn't see it right away. Ball lands on the plate and stays there. Now I'm the coach of the catcher but I umpire in this area as well. I yell for my catcher to tag the runner, which she does. Plate Ump calls foul ball, no out. Ball was clearly on the plate. I politely ask umpire why it was a foul ball. I know him...anyways, he says the ball was on the plate so its foul. I've always been taught ball on the plate is fair. Am I missing something somewhere?
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