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I can only presume from your last comment that the protest was not overturned and that the safe call stood. From your discription I would think this would be an out since ball control on a force play does not have the same parameters as ball control on a tag play. But it is something that would definitely have to be seen to be ruled on.
I cannot see anyway that a protest committee would want to overrule this judgement call. If I would have been the defensive coach on the field I would have probably said:
I can only presume the ball player had control of the ball since you initially ruled it out. After the catcher fell to the ground, did you see at what point the ball fell out? Well it was obviously that it was after she had caught the ball, had control of it and touched the base, since you ruled it out.
But this is just debate skills.
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Dan
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