Help a broadcaster out (re: baseball myths)

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

This situation often causes incorrect comments from announcers and I saw it in an Astros game about a month ago: the left fielder made a fairly long run for a fly ball toward the wall at MMP. He caught it near the heel of his glove with an outstretched arm. He took a step or two and in the motion of transferring the ball to his throwing hand dropped it. Ump ruled no-catch. The announcers rambled on about "while transferring" and "he took two steps" to explain why they thought it was a catch. I think the confusion comes with how readily out calls are made at 2B when DP throws are muffed. There is a difference between catching a batted ball and a throw and the degree of "control" required.

Larry - if he drops it on the transfer it's a valid catch.