As I have mentioned in previous posts, the plate umpire who made the original call almost immediately realized and stated that the ball was dropped. After conferring with the base umpire they decided to keep the call as originally stated mainly because they believed the defensive team stopped playing at that point while the runners continued on. I guess they felt like they couldn't assume the runner would have been safe at first had the play continued, so they stuck with the plate umpires original call. Therein lies the contoversy because they just assumed the runner would have been out at first. Still can't find an applicable ASA rule.