Originally Posted by RPD:
Here's a different situation -- but in the same general arena of weird plays:
• Bunt lands directly in front of home plate.
• Catcher picks it up and attempts a tag as batter heads to first.
• On the attempted tag, the ball goes directly into the batter's back pocket.
Two questions:
- Is it a legal tag? (Catcher never retained control).
• If not, can the batter/runner just keep running ... and running?
If this happens, I want video.