i'm in with roder on this one, no out here. section 2 defines a catch, and the first "it is not a catch when..." part falls into this situation. the immediate contact caused the ball to drop, making it a non-catch by the book. ive never had a situation involving immediate contact like this at first base, but i believe i would not have an out here.
[Edited by briancurtin on Jan 15th, 2006 at 01:47 AM]
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