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Old Sat Apr 05, 2014, 02:41pm
Publius Publius is offline
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The new face of 'voluntary release'?

Since a wet field left me at home for the ninth time in ten scheduled dates, I decided to see how the replays are working out. This one surprised me (along with everybody else who isn't a MLB umpire):

Ausmus loses challenge



Followed up by:

Ausmus consults with Torre

This turns on its head a longstanding interpretation of what constitutes an out when transferring the ball to the throwing hand during a pivot. If that's the new direction, they'd be better off just eliminating the concept of voluntary release as part of the proof of control during the catch of a batted ball or gloving of a thrown ball.

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