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Runner tagging up?
Situation is runner on 3rd, and fly ball hit to deep center field in which fielder may or may not have caught the ball over his shoulder. Fielder falls down, ball not in sight (unknown if it was caught or not) so runner retouches, tags up and scores. Defense appeals play, runner is called out because 'the home plate umpire had not made a call on the batter'. Umpire waited to see if the fielder came up with the ball in his glove. My contention is it did not matter if the ball was caught or not, the runner may tag up as soon as the ball is touched. Am I correct?
Last edited by Sideline Ump; Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 01:30am.
Reason: Too many redundant words
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