Bouncing Pitches - No Contact. 6.05(c) & 6.09(b) refer to ball "not caught" but 2.00 Ball says "...the ball cannot be caught, for the purposes of ..." Not the clearest wording. Sort of one of those double negative things. Is the bottom line that you treat it like a dropped third strike, even if the catcher catches it? Different situation - 2 strikes, no one on - batter swings & misses, the pitch bounces after crossing the plate, catcher cleanly fields it after the bounce. Batter out, right?
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