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Old Tue Aug 21, 2007, 03:51pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
So back to the definition of foul ball in G - it refers to equipment or body (like example B), and not specifically a glove (like example A). When I said that originally, you said, "isn't the glove part of equipment?" My answer is no - not when you're talking about foul tip vs foul ball - the glove and "equipment" are treated separately.

So Foul Ball definition G does not apply when the ball ricochets off a catcher's glove and is caught by someone else.
Disagree, apples and oranges. The glove IS always a piece of equipment. Don't believe me, check out the title of the rule under which a glove is addressed.
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