[Vision2020] Beltre's Bobbled Tag

[Deacon James]

Scott,

I scoured the rule book as well, and I didn't see anything in there, either.
This mostly comes up at plays at the plate, and I have always thought it was
weird. To me, if a player has clear control immediately following the tag,
it shouldn't matter if he drops it on the transfer.

Like you said, I'm a Mariners fan, so it was definitely the right call.

Take care,

Deacon

On 8/26/06, Scott Dredge <sdredge at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> In the 8th inning of tonight's Red Sox / Mariner's game, Adrian Beltre
> tagged out Manny Ramirez who was heading into third base after a single to
> left field.  Immediate after the tag, the ball came completely out of
> Beltre's glove and he juggled it and then secured it without it hitting the
> ground.  I watched this in super slow motion replay on my TiVo and the
> umpire watched to make sure that Beltre secured the ball after juggling it
> and then he called Ramirez out.  I've never seen this before but as an M's
> fan I believe it was the proper call.  It didn't look like Ramirez knocked
> the ball out, it looked like Beltre flipped his glove up after the tag and
> the ball came out.  I imagine this play would have looked completely
> different to me if I happened to be Red Sox fan.  It was a strange call.
> I'm not sure what the ump was waiting for while Beltre was juggling.  If the
> ball dropped would he have called Ramirez safe?  If so, why?  Either Beltre
> tagged Ramirez out and the subsequent mishandling of the ball is irrelevant
> (in my opinion) or Beltre didn't have control of the ball and the umpire
> made the wrong call.  I searched through the MLB rule book but could not
> find a clear rule for a bobbled tag.
>
> -Scott
>
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