LL Minn vs Iows

Carl Childress · #11 (**permalink**) Sun Aug 21, 2005, 06:10pm

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Originally posted by Jim Mills

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Originally posted by Carl Childress

Let me change the subject slightly. I just saw Hawaii beat Davenport, IA. The plate umpire called every foul ball as if was a life/death matter.

I teach my students to yell "Foul!" (after "Time") only when their opinion matters: close play or runners advancing.

Have I been doing that wrong?

We have guys in FED and even in the odd couple in NCAA that do that. They look like, dare I say, LL umpires.

You're teaching that exactly right--and you know it.

I've been told by some pros that "foul" is not for calls but for discussion: "Yes, Joe, it was foul," says Froemming after yelling "Time!" on ARod's smash down the line.