Steve M.
I can appreciate that you don't agree with the rule. But I didn't write the rules. I just try to enforce them. I am going to give the authors of the rule some benefit of the doubt that these words didn't just accidentally creep into the book.
What if the catcher's feet were just an inch short of the point on home plate and the catcher's reach put the mitt out in front of the plate?
What if the catcher wasn't quite that far up, but prevented the pitch from striking the plate by reaching for it, where if she didn't catch it, it would have hit the plate?
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Tony
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