@catch22jacks@thadbrown7 Slowed it down. Don’t think it was in his hand. I think it was in his glove and flew out. You need voluntary release to complete a catch in baseball. If it indeed flew out of his glove while running after it went in the glove, no catch without voluntary release
@colegrovetm6@CoachSatunas@HubbardMedia2@espn Steps are irrelevant. By rule in baseball, you need voluntary release to complete a catch. Hard to see from this angle if it was a catch
@JackyTors666@Mappy6984 Liability exposure in a sue happy society. Something bad happens like the kid drowns, owner is now facing a potential massive lawsuit. Not taking sides here just saying that’s a common worry for property owners.
@cryptonomad86@TheEXECUTlONER_@Notmyfault99 It doesn’t matter. If his swing finish puts him over the plate while the catcher is attempting to retire a running stealing, it’s still interference. It unfortunate and not intentional but by rule it’s interference.
@rollin1227@11point7 It’s actually good preventative umpiring. He was trying to prevent an ejection but that batter didn’t care and ran his mouth at the other team. Rules literally prohibit this behavior
@Seth_3773 NFHS rule set, it’s runners lane interference. Batter is out and runners return to their base. Quality of throw is irrelevant in high school
@coachzblair10 As an Umpire, the only way I’m getting interference on that play is if the base runner intentionally gets hit by the throw, otherwise it’s nothing - play on
@DiamondBBStats@11point7@NoahB77_ It was reviewed. In real time he was just called out. After review he got rightfully ejected. Other angles show him throwing his elbow at 3B’s head