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Old Mon Oct 19, 2009, 12:40am
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Originally Posted by MrUmpire View Post
Really? I thought the point of the neighborhead play was not requiring a touch.
You touch the bag on the way to stepping toward your throw. You receive the ball while actually no longer in contact with the bag, and then make the throw in a continuous rhythm, giving the appearance of having been on the bag when the feed was caught. That's the neighborhood play, Mr. Umpire. Call the others whatever you want, but the neighborhood play is granted when you have left a bag you've touched at some point during the play.
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