ball caught by offensive player

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Originally Posted by shipwreck

Just because he caught it doesn't mean he had time to get out of the way. If the runner had his hands in front of him and a rocket shot came his way, it could take less time to put his hands up and catch it than to move his body out of the way. I am sure he was just using a self preservation move, not trying to catch the ball. Our instincts tell us to use our hands to protect ourselves. Dave

To start, if it was a "rocket", it would not have been caught by anyone without a glove that would have been able to simply drop the ball and play on. The hands are used in a defensive posture, especially if on 3B, IMO, would be more likely prepared to swat away something approaching, not catch it. Also, a runner on 3B should be in foul ground, so why would he catch a fair ball or be in position to catch a fair ball?

And if the runner, knocked the ball to the ground, I would have not problem with that. However, the player took possession of the ball.

Obviously, every part of this scenario is HTBT, but I still believe it is a DMR