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Old Thu Mar 16, 2017, 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by josephrt1 View Post
I don't understand why catch/no-catch was brought into this discussion. If shortstop throws the ball to 1st base on a bounce and the 1st baseman controls it in the hand or glove, it is ruled a catch.
No it's not. It's ruled possession or control by F3 - which is all that's required to have a force out. Doesn't matter if F3 catches the ball --- it only matters that F3 possesses control of the ball.
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