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Originally Posted by celebur
... snip ... When there is no fence, then theoretically the fielder can leap for the ball and make a legal catch provided that s/he touched the ball before his/her trailing ankle crossed over the dead-ball line and that s/he didn't bobble the ball after coming down in DBT. Of course any runner(s) would be awarded one base.
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You are implying the fielder being in DBT is caused by crossing the plane of the DBT line in the air ("
trailing ankle crossed over the dead-ball line"). As far as I know, it's the
last ground touched, no matter how far the "leap".