- Jun 22, 2008
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the umpire should only and always call "dead ball" for a runner leaving early, never "no pitch".
If a pitch is released, it must be ruled "no pitch" as that is the direct result of a dead ball. As ludicrous as it may sound, there will be an arguments about the result of the pitch that really didn't happen because it was a dead ball.