a DIFFERENT new one ... new for me, anyway.

[ShinySideUp]

HS Varsity ball, two competitive teams. I'm BU. R1, no outs.

F3's glove has a loose lace or some other problem with the pocket. On three pickoff attempts, I've noticed the ball peeking through the back side of the pocket.

Here it comes ... F1 gets a generous lead, F1 pitches, F2 guns one back to F3. F3 is swinging his glove forward to make the catch and tag. Ball hits him in the pocket of the glove, and , and then falls out the back side. As the ball is in mid-air, F3 tags the R1 with the empty glove, and by some miracle of reflexes catches the ball with his free hand before it hits the ground.

I call safe (it's an obvious call, to me) but DM in the 1B dugout wants the out. "He caught the ball and made the tag, blue!"

Yeah, but not in that order, skip. And by the way, have your F3 fix his glove!

[blindumpire99]

Good call...

[willv28]

Great job!

[BrianC14]

HS Varsity ball, two competitive teams. I'm BU. R1, no outs.

F3's glove has a loose lace or some other problem with the pocket. On three pickoff attempts, I've noticed the ball peeking through the back side of the pocket.

Here it comes ... F1 gets a generous lead, F1 pitches, F2 guns one back to F3. F3 is swinging his glove forward to make the catch and tag. Ball hits him in the pocket of the glove, and , and then falls out the back side. As the ball is in mid-air, F3 tags the R1 with the empty glove, and by some miracle of reflexes catches the ball with his free hand before it hits the ground.

I call safe (it's an obvious call, to me) but DM in the 1B dugout wants the out. "He caught the ball and made the tag, blue!"

Yeah, but not in that order, skip. And by the way, have your F3 fix his glove!

ROFL

Your reply: "That's nice, Skip, so now we all know what a wonderful multi-tasker he is."