Reply to "Is this a dead ball?"

dash_riprock1,000+ posts

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
So the umpire should call time if he can stop the pitch from being thrown. In the case I saw, the ump seemed to do just that - he threw his hands up in the air and yelled "Ball!"

Doesn't that call time? Is there a time when the umpire throws both hands up (other than a foul ball) when time is not called?

In that situation, I can't envision the umpire NOT being able to call time before the pitch is thrown. The correct mechanic would be "TIME - that's a ball - he went to his mouth on the mound."

BU should have returned the runner. He signaled time (even though he didn't verbalize it), and if it looks like a duck...

7/18/096:31 AM

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