I was wondering when you can leave on a fly ball when tagging up. Is it when the fielder has complete control of the ball, or when they make contact with it. I asked an umpire one time and he said that the fielder must have complete control of the ball. I was thinking recently and I asked myself, couldn't the fielder bobble the ball and run in at the same time and then make the catch by the time they get to the infield? Just wondering...
Tagging Up on a fly ball
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Runner may tag up as soon as the ball hits anyone's glove, no matter who catches it. For example, if line drive deflects off third baseman's glove and is caught by the left fielder, runners may tag up at the moment that the batted ball hit the third baseman's glove.
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thanks, the umpire was wrong 
This is the very reason that runners may leave when the ball is first touched....
Technically (in other words accurately), it is at first TOUCH; not when it first hits the glove. While it will be a glove 99.9% of the time, I did have a pitcher get drilled with a line drive in the head, only for the left fielder to end up making the catch. It was unbelievable. The pitcher ended up in the hospital and the coach ended up in the parking lot.
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thanks, the umpire was wrong
You must have misunderstood the umpire. It is well established that umpires are never wrong. Much like wives.
When a fielder touches the ball.
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When the ball touches a fielder.......
