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Bob:
This is basically what I suggested in my "interpretation" above. I realize mine is not the current rule, but what I think it should be. As long as the person that caught the ball is the one attempting further action (tagging a base, tagging a runner, etc) with the glove still in its proper place, play on. Kill the play when the fielder removes the glove to toss it to another player, to try to tag a runner with the glove while not wearing it, or removing it to try to dislodge the ball. At that point, we have a problem. Up until then, it's just a player with the ball in his glove. We should not care if it is "held" or "lodged", all we should care about is that it is in his possession (I was ging to say "possessed", but that takes us down a whole other line!).
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