Catch? Out?

[TussAgee11]

So what you're saying PWL is that on a fair ball its at point of touch while foul its time of legal catch.

So on a foul ball, fielders can play volleyball all the way into the infield?

The ball is foul once touched, but not "dead" until hit hits the ground. You can advance on foul balls. You cannot advance once its dead.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by PWL

I never mentioned anything about volleyball.....

That was from the space cadet in San Diego........

He supposedly did a history search and found this out.........

I didn't think volleyball had been invented then.....

He's been known to lie before........

The game of Volleyball was invented by William Morgan in 1895 at the YMCA in Holyoke, Mass.

I became known as "Volleyball" when during a demonstration, a spectator commented that there was a lot of volleying involved in playing the game.

Morgan based his new game on the popular German game called "Faustball."

On the other subject, before they had a rule allowing baserunners to tag up and leave their bases as soon as the ball was touched, the strategy of some outfielders was to not catch the fly balls, but to merely juggle, or "volley" the baseball back close enough to the infield before finally catching the ball, hence preventing the runners from advancing, as they could not leave until the ball was "caught." This, obviously PWL, is no longer the case.

This space cadet has forgotten more about the game of baseball than you've ever known.