pitcher illegal use of glove

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Originally Posted by Manny A

There really shouldn't be any confusion. As you point out, the rules specifically cover when a fielder throws his glove at the batted ball, or he touches a batted ball with a detached cap, mask, or other part of his uniform.

This is a situation where the fielder properly fielded the ball. It is no longer a batted ball at that point. Once he removed his glove with the ball stuck in it, it became a lodged ball under FED, but is still considered a live ball in OBR.

So why the difference in the two set of rules?

I saw this happen at a Dixie Youth game (OBR) and the umpires called the BR out. I have not seen it at the high school level and if I had I would have thought the BR would be out as well because of the Dixie Youth game.