Mon Jul 21, 2003, 10:31pm
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In Memoriam
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Houghton, U.P., Michigan
Posts: 9,953
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
Why are you 3-5 feet off the line?
You should be right next to the line in the A position.
Most umpires I work with these days give the bounding ball to the base umpire at or beyond the CUTOUT, not the bag. It's an easier reference point, and gives the base umpire the first crack to signal on the fair/foul bounding ball. If the base umpire hesitates, the plate umpire signals.
Rich
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Rich,
I like the KISS method.
Base ump can point, if he doesn't mind,
and the plate ump calls all balls on the line. 
mick
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