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Old Mon May 21, 2001, 12:04pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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There is nothing illegal with this play. There are two runners, two coaches, a dugout full of teammates and apparantly plenty of fans in the stands. If they were ALL fooled by such a play, shame on them for not paying attention.

It isn't like the catcher can throw the ball faster than lightning can strike.

Now, if you want to get technical with NFHS rules, you could cite 5.3.2: The catcher shall return the ball directly to the pitcher after each pitch, except after a strikeout or putout made by the catcher or to play on a base runner.

The only support you might use is that since the catcher didn't throw the ball, there really was no play on the runner(s) and by just standing at the plate with the ball, she was not DIRECTLY (definition ?) returning the ball to the pitcher.

It's a stretch, but from what I have seen and read on this and other boards, I'm sure someone could try to sell it, but it wouldn't be me d:-)
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