Thread: Correct Call?
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Old Thu Jun 30, 2005, 08:22am
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Originally posted by LDUB
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Originally posted by DG
I don't need to read "in flight" to know that a ball between the knees is not in flight.. Like I said, it may not be caught yet, but definitely not in flight.
What's your problem, one too many, or one too few?
Obviously you do need to read the definition.

So a ball that is not in flight can not be caught, correct? So a line drive back to F1, and the ball somehow lodges itself between his legs. He then grabs the ball, and puts it into his glove. Are you calling this a no catch?

IN FLIGHT describes a batted, thrown, or pitched ball which has not yet touched the ground or some object other than a fielder.
IN FLIGHT is not defined, the words are just used in the "CATCH" definition. You are interpreting it to mean a pitch that has not hit the ground yet (ie wedged between the knees is still in flight). I am interpreting it to mean "in the air", as "flight" is a generally accepted word to mean "in the air". Nowhere did I say that a pitch that was once in flight but is now wedged between the knees is caught. It is not until secured by the hand. Your additional example is superfluous. The original example was similar, just different players and you changed it from a thrown ball to a batterd ball.
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