intentionally dropped ball

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Igotthetag

I know that they had it wrong because I read the manual, but I will guarantee that it is not unusual to hear that Tampa, Florida is not isolated in their interpretation and training. I don't umpire as much as I used to as I am an administrator for a senior softball association and we hold tournaments across the state and I have included this situation in our umpire meetings and have received similar responses across the board. I know how we call this one, because of a certain amount of enlightenment, how do we get the ASA people to call it correctly.

Protest the game.

[Paul L]

So all rulesets for both softball and baseball have an immediate dead ball, batter out, runners return for an infielder intentionally dropping a caught (secure possession, voluntary release) fly ball. And they all permit the infielder to allow the ball to fall to the ground untouched. And they all prohibit an infielder from intentionally failing to catch a fly ball and instead guiding it to the ground, EXCEPT ASA.

So in ASA, and only in ASA, would an excellent infielder be one who intentionally fails to catch a catchable fly ball, but instead skillfully knocks it to the ground and gets an extra out or two.

Okay, got it.