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Old Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:33am
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If we use the safe signal to show there wasn't interferrence couldn't that be interpreted as we are saying the player is safe and the play is over?
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Old Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:02pm
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If we use the safe signal to show there wasn't interferrence couldn't that be interpreted as we are saying the player is safe and the play is over?
Play is never over when we signal Safe, unless something else happened that requires us to kill play and make an announcement. So I don't see how anyone could possibly argue that if we signal Safe while a runner is nowhere near a base, the defense is going to stop playing.
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Old Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:09pm
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If we use the safe signal to show there wasn't interferrence couldn't that be interpreted as we are saying the player is safe and the play is over?
No, it means the player is not yet out on the play.

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Old Thu Jun 12, 2014, 04:02pm
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If we use the safe signal to show there wasn't interferrence couldn't that be interpreted as we are saying the player is safe and the play is over?
The "play" is not over until time is called by an umpire, interference is committed by an offensive player, or the ball enters DBT. By giving the safe sign, you are communicating that interference hasn't been committed and to play on.
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