Reds May 2025 Thread

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(05-06-2025, 02:42 PM)cinci4life Wrote: Either way it’s still a catch. That was in his glove a good 3 seconds. How many times do you see a 2nd baseman barely have it a second but drop hit throwing to first but still get the out call. This honestly is getting into NFL territory type of bad.

Are you talking about dropping it while transferring the ball to their throwing hand? Because that's covered...

Quote:A legal catch does not require that the fielder secure possession or control of the ball in his throwing hand when making the transfer.

If you run into a wall and drop the ball because of it, it's not a catch. If you catch the ball and fumble the exchange to your throwing hand, it's still a catch. It's extremely black and white clear cut and defined.

This is a terrible hill to decide to die on. It's nothing like the NFL.

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Also again, the video shows a completely different version of your reality of a good 3 seconds. Same link, this time the video "Tyler Callihan exits with a broken left forearm"... the most he could have had the ball in his hand was ~1.5 seconds. The ball goes into his glove just a fraction before 0:05 and the ball comes out a fraction after it ticks to 0:06. 

Not that it matters, because there's no time element involved. There's no two steps or "baseball move". He ran into the wall right after touching the ball. The act of running into the wall made him drop the ball. That's not a catch.