Dead ball question

[Dutch Alex]

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962

How many of us (umpires) give a play ball signal after a foul ball??? IMO, once the pitcher has the ball in the circle again and steps onto the pitcher's plate we are good to go.

Here in the dutch top-softball, over 70% of the umpires do give the signal. It's the way we are educated and the way of the ESF (european softball fed.). Don't know how many in the US use the play ball signal; the ump's from the US I've worked with (as Larry White) do also use it...

Even the US-pitchers playing here in the Neth.'s wait for the umpire to give the signal...