- Sep 29, 2014
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NO it WAS already called foul...that is the whole point. Why do you think it is fair for the defense to give up on the play then the offense just keeps running around, think about how silly that would look if this happened on every ball called foul, that's why when an umpire calls foul the play is dead. Plus every angle I saw it looked close and I didn't see anything definitive everyone in the stadium wasn't complaining, basically only because you have a scared and confused umpire does this even happen. Most third base umpires instead of being a shrinking violet would have stepped up even louder and send the kid back to the base as soon as he was approaching third.If the reply was confirmed specifically for his arm motion and everyone agreed that "yeah, he signaled foul even though it looks to have been fair," what's the next step? Take away what was a legitimate fair ball, call it foul, and send everyone back where they came from? That just feels so much more "unfair" than something like blowing a call at 1B.