Show me the ball

[DaveASA/FED]

Ok I was BU last night in a rec league 16U game. Big action play throw from 1st to 3rd to get a girl trying to advance to 3rd slide in nice low tag mitt gets forced to ground, I am there and say "Ball......show me the ball" so the fielder brings her mitt away from the runner and opens it up and lets the ball start rolling toward the front of the mitt. I sold the out while trying not to laugh. Inbetween innings I had a conversation with her and the coaches explaining us umpires just want to see that she still has the ball so showing it enclosed in the mitt is fine, don't need to open the mitt and let it roll around.

And to those who will say there was no control, she had it wrapped up as she brought it up and then turned the glove over and opened it to show it to me. Just thought the whole thing was kind of funny the look on her face as she opened that mitt like ok, here it is.....