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Originally Posted by RogersUmp
What about when there are two outs? The catcher makes the tag with his glove, you don't see the ball in his glove because of the cloud from the slide, he gets up and starts to run off the field and you signal out while the ball is lying on the ground.  If he doesn't have the ball and doesn't realize it he is not going to be thinking about another play. I ask for it when I need to see it. If he can't show me he doesn't have it. |
The problem with this is (as was posted in a previous thread) what if the catcher pulls the ball out from under him (he is laying on his glove) with his bare hand? Did he really have the ball or did he pull it out from under his body?
A good player will always show the ball in the glove but when he cannot or does not, it is the umpire's job to
find the ball. Standing 5 feet away hollering "show me the ball" will get you into trouble sooner or later.