Unquestionably safe
Minor incidental contact. Defender DID NOT HAVE adequate CONTROL OF THE BALL - it fell out with minor incidental contact. Runner is Safe.
The only way to rule an out would be following intentional or malicious contact - that didn't happen. The runner must be called safe. So sad; too bad coach; hold on to the ball.
The runner must do something wrong for the umpire to arrive at some ruling that punishes the runner.
This is not a grey area - the ball is either controlled (held) or it falls out. There is no middle ground.
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"There are no superstar calls. We don't root for certain teams. We don't cheat. But sometimes we just miss calls." - Joe Crawford
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