Dislodging the Ball from the Thrower's Hands, but...

[Freddy]

I'm going up with an open hand, closing down on the discussion and signaling a held ball on this one.
I like the rules-based defenses of both sides of this discussion. And I'm happy it's such an obscure play that it won't happen often, leading to inconsistency of enforcement from crew to crew in any certain area. The one good thing about it is that, for anyone taking the time and effort to investigate the actions and issues and related side-issues, it grants a very thorough review of the principles involved in other plays that indeed happen more frequently that we gotta get right every time.
Thanx for the diligent and dynamic discussion everyone!