legal catch - out of bounds

[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by JimSmith

Could you list the NF rule. It seems they do not post their rules online...

FED Rule 8-3-3d

A runner is awarded 1 base if B1 hits a Fair or Foul ball (fly or line drive) which is caught by a fielder, who then leaves the field of play by stepping with BOTH FEET or by falling into a bench, dugout, stand, bleacher or over any boundary or barrier such as a fence, rope, chalk line or pre-game determined imaginary boundary line.

Notice in FED the Term Both FEET, meaning in FED a fielder may sraddle the line meaning one foot in LBT and one foot in DBT.

In OBR BOTH FEET MUST be on LBT. Also, in FED notice the term stepping on DBT. In OBR the player can catch the ball in LBT then step into DBT and still make a play as long as he doesn't fall down.

In FED, once a player STEPS into DBT with BOTH Feet the ball is immediately dead. FED rule 5-1-1i

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