Third Strike "Legally Caught"

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by mbyron

In your play, this is a foul ball. Runners stay put unless they were stealing on the pitch, in which case they advance one base.

I'm trying to figure out how you can have a foul ball AND award bases to runners.

[johnnyg08]

This isn't a lodged ball situation at all right? Once we have "no catch" on the...at one point, "foul tip"...is that the right way to handle this?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by yawetag

I'm trying to figure out how you can have a foul ball AND award bases to runners.

You're right, you can't. I wrote my response in 5 stages as I was figuring it out, and didn't return to delete that piece. The runners would advance if stealing and a pitched ball lodged in the catcher's equipment. A foul ball is just a foul ball, even if it lodges.