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Originally Posted by UmpireErnie
Mike: The ball was reaching the glove as contact was made, ball deflected off F2s glove, hit her in the chest, and fell to the ground. F2 stepped back as R1 hit her arm/glove, otherwise might have been bigger crash. Without the contact, quite possibly the ball is caught in time for the force, would have been very close play.
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How? If the catcher started BEHIND the plate, how does the runner get to the point of contacting her without scoring first? Even more so if F2 was moving backward and was contacted by R1 before the ball reached her.
Something is wrong.
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