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Originally Posted by Pete in AZ
Sitch -The reason for this is I had a tie game in the last inning the other day and a long foul fly ball down the LF line with one out. R3 is going to score easily if LF catches it. He camps under it and his teamates are screaming for him to let it go. At the last second he realizes it and does. I got nothing but the 3B coach starts screaming about travesty of the game and all kinds of BS. Why is the rule any different, advantage to the fielder either way.
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Because the rule is specific...it applies only to an infielder. Even if this were an infielder, the play would be legal because the ball was allowed to fall untouched. (See the Approved Ruling for 6.05(l)