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I saw one of these last year. I am PU, low fly ball to F7 who catches the ball in the tip of his glove, shoestring style. The ball and glove go on down and the ball touches the ground just barely, while still firmly held in the glove. F7 never lost grip on the ball as he raised his glove hand with ball still in the tip. My partner signals SAFE. Defensive manager comes out to discuss with BU, BU comes to me. He says the ball touched the ground. I asked him to describe exactly what he saw to see if he saw what I saw. I explained to him that what he just described is exactly what I saw and it's a catch because the ball was firmly held when it touched the ground. I ask him what he wants to do. He says we will go with whatever I think. I tell him it's his call to reverse, or explain why he is not going to. He reverses the call. Now Offensive manager comes to me as I am walking back toward home and asks about the reversal. I tell him my partner and I saw the exact same thing, the ball did touch the ground, but it was firmly held at the time and afterwards, and that's a catch by rule. He walked off without asking any more questions. He knew it was a catch also, I suppose.
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