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Whose Call at Third?
Sitch: R1 at first, two outs. Pop fly in the infield to F4. With two down, R1 just runs, rounding second assuming that the inning will end. Well, it didn't.
F4 muffs the ball, and it falls out of her glove in front of her. She picks up the ball, and sees R1 heading for third. She throws to F5 for the tag play.
Who makes that call? Is it the first play by an infielder (meaning the BU should take it)? Or was the muff on the popup the first "play", so the throw was a subsequent play (meaning the PU has it)?
Bear in mind that the BU was pinned behind F4 in the "B" position. Apparently he assumed that F4 would make the catch, and was pretty far from making the call at third.
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