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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
Even if you saw the ball enter DBT?
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Obviously that's a different story. I'm talking about the situation where the ball just goes over the boundary into DBT and stops.
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Originally Posted by BretMan
I quit saying anything about "raising hands" in my plate conferences a long time ago. Raising hands has nothing to do with any playing rule or umpire mechanic.
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What's the problem with raising hands? All the fielder is doing is requesting a killing of play, just like when they raise their hands to request Time to have a conference, recover from a base slide, etc. etc. We recognize it, but don't honor it until the appropriate time, which in this case is when all play ends and the umpire goes to verify the ball is indeed over the line. Otherwise, what should the girl do, just stand there staring over the line like Terence Mann looking into the corn?
