NSA catch and carry

[Mike]

Not sure if catch and carry is the rule but.....

ball hit in air down left field line.... a running left fielder who is inbounds touches the ball but ball is out of bounds according to ump, (player is reaching out over the line).....player drops the ball and ump calls it a foul. Is is where the player is or the ball? nsa rules

 

[dbias]

foul ball. where fielder is standing is of no importance. Two things are considered the ball and the foul line.

 

[quincy]

The call needs to be made at initial contact with the ball, what happens after that is irrelevant. In every play on the field, the ball is what is important. Not where the fielder’s feet are when they touch the ball.

“While on or over foul ground, touches an umpire, player or foreign object to the natural ground.
NOTE: A foul fly ball shall be judged according to the relative position of the ball and the foul line, and not the position of the fielder.”

 

[BretMan]

Not sure if catch and carry is the rule but.....

ball hit in air down left field line.... a running left fielder who is inbounds touches the ball but ball is out of bounds according to ump, (player is reaching out over the line).....player drops the ball and ump calls it a foul. Is is where the player is or the ball? nsa rules

Kind of hard to have a "catch and carry" situation if there was no catch on the play!

By "inbounds/out of bounds" are you refering to the foul line or a line marking the separation between dead ball area and live ball area? This would still be a foul ball as described, but the "catch and carry" rules apply only to balls caught and carried from live ball area to dead ball area, not to the foul lines.

In every play on the field, the ball is what is important. Not where the fielder's feet are when they touch the ball.

Every?

What if the fielder is standing in dead ball area and reaches across the line over live ball area and catches the ball? The position of the fielder's feet sure would matter on that one!

 

[Mike]

Kind of hard to have a "catch and carry" situation if there was no catch on the play!

A comedian in every crowd

 

[99&beyond]

Every?

What if the fielder is standing in dead ball area and reaches across the line over live ball area and catches the ball? The position of the fielder's feet sure would matter on that one!

wouldn't this be a moot point? wouldn't it be an out no matter?

 

[starsnuffer]

wouldn't this be a moot point? wouldn't it be an out no matter?

No, or then it would be perfectly legal for a fielder to jump over the temp fence in the outfield to catch a fly ball for an out. even if the ball was falling in front of the fence (IE not a home run). By your reasoning, this would be an out.

-W

 

[99&beyond]

No, or then it would be perfectly legal for a fielder to jump over the temp fence in the outfield to catch a fly ball for an out. even if the ball was falling in front of the fence (IE not a home run). By your reasoning, this would be an out.

-W

Thank you for the clarification! I am on here to learn.