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Originally Posted by shipwreck
Catcher receives the ball from third baseman. Ball is on fair side of her. As she turns with the ball to get ready to try to tag the runner the ball comes out of her glove. When the runner sees her turn she runs out of the 3' baseline. I call here out but later start thinking that maybe she didn't have the ball long enough for the runner to be considered to be avoiding a tag. This all happened in a split second. The ball basically went to the fielders glove and then was out and flying to the fence. What do you say? Dave
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How can you call a runner out for avoiding a tag when the fielder didn't have possession of the ball?
I think this could have been a "no call", but I wasn't there.
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