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Originally Posted by Manny A
Totally agree if the foul fly was catchable with ordinary effort. But if the infielder could have possibly made a running over-the-shoulder catch if she had not been hindered, I just don't understand why ASA would state that the runner is not out in that case.
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ASA makes no such assertion, but leaves it to the umpire's judgment.
And as I routinely point out in clinics, ASAs rules are often not of a punitive nature. Some of that is to avoid umpires from arbitrarily giving away outs like candy on Halloween. IOW, the possibility of an out needs to be of a very high percentage to be ruled.