Thread: Catch and Carry
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Old Wed May 21, 2014, 12:44pm
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Originally Posted by agr8zebra View Post
I would call this one because had she not used dead ball territory to reverse her momentum her whole body would have ended in DBT.

A minor touching of a fan, post, tree limb I would ignore because no advantage was gained by the action. Just like we say in Basketball, Advantage-Disadvantage.
You'll have to show a case book ruling that convinces me of that "advantage-disadvantage" theory.

It's entirely conceivable that a defensive player can use something on the opposite side of the fence that prevents her from falling completely over. Heck, I've seen in MLB where fans keep players from falling into the stands. If that were to happen in a FED softball game, are you going to rule catch-n-carry then?
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