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For those also not necessarily reading between the lines, I also believe that Paul's use of the "staged" comment was that baseball has PLENTY of shot opportunities that are, essentially "staged". A pitcher will look in, wind up, and deliver at the beginning of every play. A catcher will signal, crouch, and catch most pitches. Batters...yadda, yadda, yadda, and so on.
It's a sport where you KNOW where some 'action' is going to occur - heck, even a double play can often be anticipated and pre-focused. This is evident on the message board with multiple postings of players doing all of these things...they happen in every game, at every level, every day across the country. What can be done, therefore, to make an image stand out? Your 'smokeball' is an interesting capture that, I'm sure with more practice, anticipation, lighting consideration, etc can get even better. If you like the concept, go with it - you mentioned being pleasantly surprised by it as it wasn't even planned...how much better can it be done next time with you concentrating on a clean background? And yes...if you do pre-plan it can be considered "staged"...or it can be considered an accomplishment by a proactive, knowledgeable photographer.
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