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Old Fri Aug 29, 2003, 01:36pm
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Originally posted by kono
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Originally posted by mo99
A good mechanic for the plate umpire is to give a safe signal with a verbal no tag.Then if play is appealed for missing the plate, you make you out or safe call.
Jeff
Ummm... I believe the correct mechanic at home plate is to do and say nothing. Any other base - signal safe and let them figure it out.

-Kono
That would be incorrect in ASA and is specifically addressed as noted earlier in the post. You signal and call "safe" because in accordance with the rule, that is just what the runner is.

Verbalizing "no tag", in my mind, is useless as it may give the catcher the impression that the reason he is safe is because he missed the tag and the player touched the plate and give up on the play immediately and that is not the point of the mechanic.

JMHO, but I'll stick with ASA's mechanic.

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