Catch question- Bizzaro world play

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Originally Posted by asdf

How about we use a little common sense and understand that this would be nothing more than an attempt to (contrary to why rules are created) put one team at an unreasonable disadvantage.

So. . .it's unreasonable to expect runners to know that they can leave base after the caught fly ball is first touched???

Originally Posted by asdf

My experience tells me that this is an intentional act that circumvents the intent of the rules by creating an unfair advantage to one team.

It may be intentional, but it doesn't circumvent the intent of the rules because they've been specifically written to prevent exactly this. This is only an unfair advantage if you also consider unequal rules knowledge among the players to be an unfair advantage.

Leave the ball live, and rule on whatever plays transpire. There is no need to kill it and/or place runners.