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I'd like to see a rule from you on this. You said you have an out, "if ball is connected to runner thru mitt or not"... i.e. what if the fielder has the ball barehand but only touches her other hand/arm which is touching the runner? Does the glove in between make the difference? If not then a fielder holding the ball could tag a runner w/any part of her body--foot maybe?...An extreme example to show your mistake. |
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Of course not, they have to tag the runner with the ball, all I am saying is they are tagging the runner with the ball if they are touching the mitt that it touching the runner. To me all I am saying is that it doesn't matter if there is one layer of leather between the ball and the runner or two. If the ball is in the mitt and they tag the fielder with the mitt all agree it's an out. In that case there is one layer of leather seperating the ball from the runner. Now if they tag with the glove folded and ball on out side of mitt I am still going to have an out. BUT I will have to see for sure that the ball is TOUCHING the mitt to get an out, any space when there is a tag then i have a safe.
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Is there a rule that specifies what in the mitt is? Barring that I'd say controlling the ball against the mitt securely makes the mitt something that can tag, no?
________ Class Action Settlement Last edited by youngump; Mon Sep 19, 2011 at 06:15pm. |
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The Softball Canada Rule Book says: "TAG is the act of a fielder touching a runner, while holding the ball securely with his hands or glove, while the runner is in jeopardy". In my game F3 was holding the ball securely with her hands. One had a glove on it. So we would have an out. Last edited by 7in60; Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 02:09pm. |
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The tag has to be made with the hand or hands that control the ball.
If in the OP, the glove hand is just there "making a connection", that does not read like glove hand control, so it would not be a tag. The connection principle is fine for contact with a base on a force or appeal, but not a tag. The "Softball Canada Rule Book" definition is incomplete without the applicable rule wording.
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