Holding the ball

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Figure out what firmly and securely mean and what glove or hand mean. Then let me know when to add dirt or grass. You can't have the call go both ways IN this thread. TIES such as adding dirt or grass go to the B/R.

F3 LIFTS his glove off the ground with possession before B/R reaches base, then you ring B/R up. I read a baseball in the DIRT was securely trapped by the glove and dirt and raised after B/R touches 1B. Legal possession after the B/R tags should be ruled SAFE. Whether an adjustment was made or not, it doesn't really matter, and only serves to twist away from the proper ruling. If the ball is on the ground, I've got nothing.

Otherwise, F3 securely traps a ball between rib cage and glove. Rather than come loose or bobble the ball, the baseman steps off and reaches in and removes the baseball with his free hand and slams it straight down. When do you rule proper legal possession?

Shoe-string catches that touch the ground are also trapped securely and I hope it was caught and ruled SAFE, base hit or BOTH.