Miami / St.Louis.....not a force at third

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by bluehair

If you rule sticklers want to be consistent, be consistent.

Where am I being inconsistent here? I don't understand this comment.

Originally Posted by bluehair

I would allow (a small bit more liberty...HTBT) with ball in barehand and trapping/holding ball most anywhere on the mitt...as what I see that happened in this play.

And I would say that you would be in the overwhelmingly vast minority.

Originally Posted by bluehair

What I see at 1.01 of the video that I referenced is F2 grapping ball with barehand while mitt contacts BR. F2 then pushes ball holding hand onto the mitt that is touching BR for an instant (ball is never "inside" the mitt) before cocking his arm for the throw to 3B. If you don't think that's a tag, fine.

It's not what I and I assume others here think. It's the rule. If what you see is true, then Molina tagged Turner with an empty mitt. And I would bet that if the PU actually saw that, he wouldn't have ruled Turner out.