What would you call?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Maybe the first two. Hopefully not the third. And most emphatically no effin way on the fourth.

3) A manager may step from the dugout before requesting Time, but he had better not wait too long before he asks, or I will be asking him what he thinks he's doing. You see it all the time, managers walking between the dugout and the line, turning to the PU and requesting Time. I see nothing wrong with this.

4) If all action is stopped, and no runners are stealing on ball 4, I will grant Time before BR reaches first, just like in the old big leagues. Naturally if something is happening, like there is a play on, I'm not killing the ball. Waiting for the BR to reach first before calling Time is a FED thing, not mentioned in OBR, or any interpretation I've ever seen. Please cite where it says otherwise.