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Originally Posted by dash_riprock
No, I'm suggesting that if the runner was tripped, he was tagged. If he wasn't tripped, he dove over the fielder. Either way, he's out.
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Oh; I didn't realize you were suggesting he tripped on the catcher's mitt.
I didn't see any contact between the runner's foot and the mitt. And given that the catcher went back over to tag the runner after the dive/trip/whatever, he probably felt he missed on the first tag attempt.
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