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Old Thu Mar 06, 2014, 11:09am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu View Post
If the catcher had caught it, how could the ball go in ANY direction?? i.e. other than in her mitt?
By becoming dislodged from the collision. It's obvious in the video that the ball was still loose after contact; I was merely pointing out that if the catcher did have the ball in her possession just prior, then it wouldn't continue in the same direction afterward.
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