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It's in there, just worded differently.
Also, not usually called "by the book"
on a routine catch (ump doesn't wait for the
voluntary release to call the out).
Although TV announcers constantly
mess up on baseball rules, this guy
had it right. Read OBR definition 2.00
CATCH: "...It is not a catch, however,
if simultaneously or immediately
following his contact with the ball,
he collides with a player or with a wall,
or if he falls down, and as a result
drops the ball...In establishing the
validity of the catch, the fielder shall
hold the ball long enough to prove that
he has complete control of the ball and
that his RELEASE OF THE BALL IS VOLUNTARY
AND INTENTIONAL.
To add a bit more interest:
IF the player didn't drop the ball,
had been knocked out, and was unable
to voluntarily release the ball,
his team mate must remove the ball
from his glove to fulfill the
"voluntary release" part of this definition.
I have never seen it happen.
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