The following happened last night:
12u game, if it matters.
Fly ball to right field, past the outfilder, throw comes into second base decisively late, batter runs to third, rounds third and gives a big look home, slows a a bit never stops as the ball is thrown from second to the pitcher. Pitcher near the rubber drops the ball and it rolls into foul territory in play, runner comes home easily. Blue puts her back at third because time had “expired”
My take is that its a live ball if the pitcher never had control of the ball inside the circle. Am I mistaken? Is there anything else that would have ended the play?
12u game, if it matters.
Fly ball to right field, past the outfilder, throw comes into second base decisively late, batter runs to third, rounds third and gives a big look home, slows a a bit never stops as the ball is thrown from second to the pitcher. Pitcher near the rubber drops the ball and it rolls into foul territory in play, runner comes home easily. Blue puts her back at third because time had “expired”
My take is that its a live ball if the pitcher never had control of the ball inside the circle. Am I mistaken? Is there anything else that would have ended the play?