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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Then ask your UIC this ... if a player has the ball in a bare hand, dives for the base to beat a runner and lands with only the ball touching the base - is that runner out (assume a force or first base)?
If you have a different answer here - justify that within the context of the rules.
When the player lifts the ball, they demonstrate that they had control of the ball while it was on the ground being picked up. If they did not have control when they began to lift their hand, the ball would come out.
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There is your answer underlined. Player already had "ball in hand" and touched base. Very different from ball laying on base and not in hand.