Talking during son's summer collegiate wood bat league game, an oldtimer was relating his trick play from his playing days. He was an outfielder with a "mediocre" arm. When runners were tagging to advance on a fly ball hit to him when he knew he had no chance to throw them out, he would deke them by setting up to make a catch above his head, then step back to make a basket catch below his belt, in an effort to have the runners leave the base before the catch. I know there have been discussions on here before that on a bobbled catch, the runner is only liable for the initial contact with the glove. Is this a trick play that would result in a successful appeal, if he was actually good enough to pull off the catch this way?
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