Thread: Double play?
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 08:14pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by StLouBlue View Post
If U3 ruled it a catch, it raises a few questions:

1. First and foremost, why did U2 signal the runner safe at second? This fact alone leads me to conclude U3 ruled it a no-catch.
Possibly it was because the defense had not made an unmistakeble appeal yet. So, he was just ruling on the attempt to retire a baserunner.
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