Ankiel injury - Catch/No-catch?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by bossman72

In the video, the ball was transferred (hard to tell full speed) from his glove to hand, but what for? He wasn't trying to throw anybody out because he still hasn't stopped stumbling.

It doesn't matter what for. All that matters is that the transfer was a voluntary release from the glove.

Heck - on a third out the fielder often takes the ball from his glove (obviously for no reason as there's no play to be made) and tosses it into the stands. Would you think that wasn't a catch?

[Dave Reed]

Originally Posted by bossman72

PS- the video appears to show that they ruled it a no-catch. The beginning scoreboard at the top has nobody on and 1 out and when Ankiel is being carted off, there is R3 and still 1 out...

Gameday provides pitch by pitch and play be play histories of the games. It shows Feliz flied out to Ankiel for the second out of the inning, and then Ankiel is replaced by Rasmus.

Also, the box shows no error on Ankiel, and no hits for Feliz.

So.....it was ruled a catch.

[UmpTTS43]

Great call by the crew. I hope that I can make the correct call in that situation. Kudos to them.