How long do you wait?

[Skahtboi]

That's pretty much the way it should be handled Don. As soon as a fielder, in the case given the catcher, touches the ball I am there pointing infield to indicate a fair ball. Never, ever, give a verbal as it is too easily confused with the verbal call of "foul ball." When you point to indicate "fair," most players catch on that the ball is live and in play.

Scott