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Originally Posted by PWL
I say he got the ball on the fly for certain. Was getting up to show ball and check runner on base. However, his throwing hand was no where near his glove. I just thought in his haste to get up and make another play he lost control of the ball.
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I didn't see the play in question, but as I envision it in my mind's eye, it seems the act of making the catch was over and it was the subsequent play that caused the dropped ball. So, it was a catch.
It's similar to the rule-of-thumb on the transfer at second as part of a DP -- if the ball goes straight down, it was never a catch (R1 is safe at second); if the ball goes up and out, it was a catch (R1 is out) and a drop on the transfer.