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Originally Posted by Rufus
Absolutely. At first I was going to let it go but a light bulb went off when I thought "that hit the batter, it's a dead ball." I asked for time to discuss it with the PU. The PU said that it was still a live ball even though it had hit the batter. The BU came in and backed him up on it as well (both that the batter was hit by the ball and that it was still live).
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Sounds like at least a friendly conversation with the UIC is in order. Even the most green umpire should know the ball is dead here. Might not know what to do about it on a strike ... but SURELY should know it's dead.
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Tue May 24, 2011, 02:53pm
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