re: Ruling on SELA catcher tossing ball to his dugout

A dead ball. Play can only be stopped by the umpire. He doesn't call time, he stops play.

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There is timeout in baseball. I dont know any other way to state that.



what else would you call it?

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heck forgot the quote on the first one.

rule 5.10
The ball becomes dead when an umpire calls “Time.” The umpire-in-chief shall
call “Time”—

and I don't see the coach touching it as being a reason for a dead ball or time.