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Originally Posted by bossman72
OBR
Runners on, Fair ball down right field line. Ball is rolling near the out of play line. F9 runs over, picks up the ball, and his momentum takes him out of play.
Would this be a dead ball and an award of 2 bases, or would we treat this like a catch and carry on a fly ball and keep the ball live?
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"If a fielder initially gains possession of an airborne batted ball on LBT, but enters DBT due to his momentum, the ball remains live if the fielder neither falls nor drops the ball onto DBT while voluntarily releasing it. Thus the catch can be completed on DBT. This is often called the "catch and carry." If a fielder is bobbling the ball as he enters DBT, the ball is dead and a catch is no longer possible."
"The "catch and carry" has, in practice often been extended to include bounding batted balls, thrown balls and pitched balls that are possessed on LBT and carried into DBT due to the fielder's momentum. If such balls are bobbled as the fielder enters DBT, they are considered as deflected out of play."
"If a fielder, in making a catch, enters a spectator seating area due to his momentum, the ball is dead and all runners are awarded one base, regardless of whether the fielder has fallen or remains standing."
All quotes are from J/R. The last quote is from J/R but quoted from MLB 5.5, example 5.