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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Are you sure the first one wasn't an intentionally dropped ball? (didn't see it, just based on the description you gave)
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Didn't seem to be. Confirmed by the fact that once he dropped it, 2B seemed quite confused about how to get the double play. He could have done it two different ways -- throw to second for a routine double play or immediately thrown to first for tag and then step on the base (although I don't know if 1B knew the rule, since he was standing on the base).
On the fly ball ruled not a catch, I think I saw some longer explanations by Barrett quoted where he reiterated his view that because the fielder never got possession of the ball in his throwing hand, the release couldn't have been voluntary and intentional. I've never heard of that before. Many fielders release, flip and catch with throwing hand instead of putting the throwing hand into the glove to retrieve the ball. Why an outfielder would do this with nobody on base, though, is a good question. But, clearly, the suggestion that a ball must go into the throwing hand in order for a release to be voluntary and intentional seems wrong.