Thread: Legal Tag?
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Old Tue Jun 13, 2006, 11:46pm
Dave Hensley Dave Hensley is offline
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Originally Posted by bwbuddy
I posted this on the softball board, but it could have happened in any diamond sport, so I would like the thoughts of you baseball experts as well:

R1; Batter hits grounder to F4; fielder holds ball in bare hand, but is holding ball against left side of glove (not in glove), while "tagging" R1 with opposite side of glove. Ball never contacted R1, but was in contact with opposite side of glove.

What's the call?
As specifically described, you do not have a legal tag.

As others have noted, I expect it would sure look like a good tag, and therefore it's likely I would call the out.
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