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[QUOTE]Originally posted by C'monBlue

Originally posted by RPatrino

If you ever called "dead ball" at a clinic, you know why you don't do that.
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At the risk of flaunting my ignorance, I'll bite. Why would it be inappropriate to call "dead ball?" If the ball hits the batter or the bat, it's dead. If you call time, you are killing it anyway. I don't see the difference.

CmonBlue,

It's an inside joke with umpire instructors who try to be funny, as in "I hope you brought a shovel so you can bury that "dead ball." I always found this to be extremely non-funny, since technically the ball is most sincerely dead in this case.

The point being that the proper mechanic is to say "Time."