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Originally Posted by dash_riprock
For NCAA, it means "the ball is in flight [sic] directly toward and near enough to the fielder so he must occupy his position to receive the throw." That seems to be consistent with lawumps pro interp.
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I found the source of the interp in the BRD -- it's a phone conversation between Carl and Fitzpatrick in 2001.
Take it or leave it. Doesn't much matter to me -- it's all judgment of the umpire anyway.