Cano-to-Wilson play at 1B

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by greymule

If that collision had knocked the ball loose, do you still have an out?

The way you worded that, YES, you have an out. If the collision "knocked the ball loose", then by definition the ball was not loose at the moment the out was made.

The problem on this play, though, and I suspect the reason the out call was no immediate, is that it happened so close together that U1 was not positive the ball was actually caught in the first place until after he saw F3 with possession after the collision.

In other words, if there was a collision like this one and the ball DID come loose, it is altogether likely that F3 did NOT have possession at any point, thus no out.

Picking nits? Yeah, probably, but it's the right call.