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Old Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:17pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by Andy View Post
That's how I see it....
I don't. Is a ball trapped against the ground, a body, a wall, anything considered a ball under control? Is a defender not required to demonstrate control of the ball prior to successfully executing an out?

Unless the catcher touched the plate with some other part of her body or uniform prior to the release of the throw to 1B, or picked the ball up and tapped the plate with it, I have the run scoring (assuming she did) and the BR retired at 1B.
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