tag play

[johnsonrod]

Originally Posted by PSUchem

To the OP, I would have a safe call, but not for the reason you are trying to get at. I do not have "safe" because the fielder did not maintain possession AFTER the tag. I have "safe" because the fielder did not maintain possession DURING the tag. The ball was not controlled DURING the tag because F2 did not hold the ball securely enough. As you can see in the video (and it is more apparent in the slow-mo), the ball is leaving the glove as the tag is applied.

Dakota, I disagree. The ball was "snow-coned" before that, and the glove never actually hit the ground; his arm did.

you dont see the ball become "snow coned" until the glove makes contact with the leg (or vice versa). up until that point, the ball is held in the catchers glove



its not until after the instant the tag is made that the ball comes out