Delayed Dead Ball or Not?

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

2005 Little League Baseball Umpire School - Rules Instruction Manual
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No delayed dead ball signal specified.

Right, no delayed dead ball signal specified. Specifically, no instruction to hold your fist out at your side and run around like that while the play continues, which is the FED mechanic. That's what I'm saying, that Little League does NOT teach the FED mechanic. You're the one who said they DID.

In the LL Umpire Clinic Manual, they have several pages of "basic signals." FED-style delayed dead ball is NOT among them.

The RIM instruction is consistent with standard pro mechanics - point at the infraction, verbalize it ("That's obstruction" or "Interference" or "That's a balk"), and then let play continue. Just like Evans instructs in his book.