Dropped fly ball

[deernut_00]

Fly ball to left field, runner on 1st. Left fielder caught ball and swung mitt toward ground, losing the ball on the ground. Umpire called "out", 1st base coach did not hear that call (only saw the ball hit the ground), sent runner to second, as hitter comes to first. Two outs called when ball was relayed to first.

What is the "possession" time necessary to be called a fly ball out?

[Edited by deernut_00 on Apr 25th, 2004 at 07:22 PM]