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Yea... but you're referring to MLB, which is under OBR. the rule is worded completely differently. It's worded differently in ASA too. Strangely, NCAA baseball is worded more similarly with OBR, as if FED baseball.
But talking NCAA or FED Softball Rules, a ball has to be caught within the playing field, over LBT, to be an out. I've posted the relevant definitions.
This exact conversation dominated about an hour of a clinic I attended with the SWAC umpires a couple of years ago.
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