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Old Mon Jun 02, 2014, 08:20am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by RKBUmp View Post
In fed the ball is dead when the batter runner enters the dugout.
Oooh, I feel sheepish. I didn't realize the rule required killing the play to call the BR out.

I have never done that; in fact, when a BR enters DBT after failing to advance to first on an U3K, I seldom make any signal or announcement. If she decides to come out of the dugout to try to advance to first, then I would say something. But that's never happened to me before.

FWIW, the NCAA rule allows for the ball to be kept live. So does every other organization I've umpired in (baseball-wise) except, I've now learned, ASA and FED softball.
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