Sticky situation at 1st

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Originally posted by outathm
The Blue I talked to said once she had attempted to field the ball and booted it she had to give ground to the Off player.

That would be a reversal of what I've witnessed in past NCAA clinics. In those, they wanted the fielder protected forever.

In one of the first NCAA clinics I attended, there was a given scenario that had F5 have the ball run up her arm and behind her into foul territory. The fielder dove backwards for the ball and into a runner retreating to 3B. The prescribed call was INT on the runner.

Personally, I would hope they moved off that dime, but not to the extent as is stated above. It seems to me the status of a batted ball remains a batted ball until it is caught/fielded or enters dead-ball territory.