Catcher hurt......do you kill the play?

[mcrowder]

I seem to be in the minority here. But I don't kill the play. Someone asked if JR would have called time if asked at that moment - and in that position, with relaxed action I probably would have... but no one DID call time, and it's not my job to do so. Baseball is a live-action sport.

I will only kill the play if an injury is so severe that the extra few seconds might make a difference, or if action has become relaxed and the ball is in control somewhere. Give me the same situation as the initial post, but pitcher has the ball in hand, and I might be inclined to call time.