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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
Where do you get he if he has control of the baseball in his bare hand on the ground it is an out. Section 2-9-1 Note: When a batted or thrown ball is involved, the above definition of a catch applies. For any other thrown ball, the term is used loosely to apply to a pick up or to the trapping of low throw which has touched the ground. A fielder may have the ball in his grasp even though it is touching the ground while in his glove.
The case book doesn't give any plays where the ball touching the ground while in the fielder's hand is an out.
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And it does give a play where the ball is in the fielder's bare hand and touching the ground where the runner is safe?
The point is that touching the ground, in and of itself, does not proclude the fielder having the ball is his grasp. If the fielder is holding the ball, he has grasped it and the runner would be out. If the fielder has merely trapped the ball on the ground, he has not grasped it and the runner would be safe.