Any Out or dead ball

[Don1952]

One of our team mates hits a foul fly.1st baseman catches the ball , it bounces out of his gloves hits the fence than caught it again.Our batter was called out. Was this the right call?

 

[gotigersgo]

Negative.

Not the right call.

 

[rhound50]

In this case wall is the same as the ground. If you drop a fly ball and then catch it on the bounce is it still an out?

 

[KenD17]

Not an out unless there were two strikes already and that made three.

 

[BretMan]

This is not a valid catch for an out. Once the ball hits anything other than a defensive player it is no longer considered to be airbourne or in-flight. This should have been just a plain old foul ball.

 

[spos21ram]

What was the ump's explanation? Did he think it was on the transfer? Was there 2 strikes? By your description the ump was wrong. It should have been a foul ball.

 

[BretMan]

Maybe he didn't see it hit the fence?

 

[NCASAUmp]

Maybe he didn't see it hit the fence?

Especially in single-umpire games. Getting out far enough to reliably make that determination isn't that easy when you don't have a partner.

 

[spos21ram]

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As long as it doesn't touch the fence, yes. Once a ball touches the fence it is live and it may as well have touched the ground.

What???? If a ball bounces off the ground it's not a catch. Too much drinking today?

 

[BretMan]

He must be thinking of a ball that touches a fence in fair territory. The one in the OP touched the fence in foul ground, so it became a foul (dead) ball.

 

[Bubbaboy86]

He must be thinking of a ball that touches a fence in fair territory. The one in the OP touched the fence in foul ground, so it became a foul (dead) ball.

Maybe he intended to write dead and was think live. Kind of a fruedian slip.

 

[HAVOC34]

Not an out unless there were two strikes already and that made three.

This is not a valid catch for an out. Once the ball hits anything other than a defensive player it is no longer considered to be airbourne or in-flight. This should have been just a plain old foul ball.

Both of these. /thread

 

[Fin09]

One of our team mates hits a foul fly.1st baseman catches the ball , it bounces out of his gloves hits the fence than caught it again.Our batter was called out. Was this the right call?

If he actually caught the ball, as your post said, then it was the right call. If the umpire thought he was transferring the ball to his throwing hand, and it hit the fence in the process, then it sounds like he made the right call. If the ball just hit off his glove, then the fence, then back into the glove, then no, it's not a legal catch, and not a good call.

 

[Gulf Coast Blue]

If he actually caught the ball, as your post said, then it was the right call. If the umpire thought he was transferring the ball to his throwing hand, and it hit the fence in the process, then it sounds like he made the right call. If the ball just hit off his glove, then the fence, then back into the glove, then no, it's not a legal catch, and not a good call.

Lots of drinking going on here today.......

I can see if the umpire thought it was possibly a legal catch, but from the OP there is no indication that this is on the transfer.

I have heard this **** numerous times when a player drops the ball........."It was on the transfer....."

90% of SP players have no idea what that even means........

Joel