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Originally Posted by LakeErieUmp
There's one other piece though, besides how quickly the F3 landed - did he have a shot at the ball in the first place? If it's three feet over his glove when he jumps he was not making a play on the ball. IF he never had a shot at (meaning he was never really making a play at it) it he can't jump, land, or do anything else in the baseline.
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Don't take the short end of the stick...unless its way, way over his head...then I'm ruling he was "making a play on the ball"...that is making an attempt to catch it.
Lord Byron: I pretty much agree with what your saying...there is a burden on the fielder to get out of the way...the only difference, as I read J/R, is the amount of time he has in order to get out of the way...on a batted ball he must get out of the way immediately after missing the ball ("disappear")...on a thrown ball he must get out of the way quickly, but not "immediately" (as J/R says, he need not immediately "disappear".)