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Daryl,
The most relevant thing I have been able to find in regards to your situation is the following from the MLBUM:
"The new interpretation goes on to emphasize that a ball stuck in a fielder's glove is not to be considered out of play; the ball remains live. It is legal for one fielder to throw the glove with a live ball stuck in it to another fielder. A fielder who possesses the ball/glove combination in his own hand or glove can complete a tag of a runner or base, just as if he were holding only the
ball."
It was not clear to me from your post whether or not the ball had become "stuck" in the pitcher's glove, but it certainly seems plausible that it had.
Obviously, this is an OBR rather than FED interpretation. There may be a FED principle that would render this OBR ruling moot; I honestly don't know. Absent any such principle, I would follow the OBR precedent.
JM
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