Need help with this one. (Play by play)

[KekambuS]

1. Girl at 3rd and Girl up to bat
2. Girl up to bat hits a line drive shot to second.
3. Ball hits girl in side the glove but pops out up in the air.
4. Girl at third takes off to home & scores ( without tagging )
5. Girl at second gets control of ball & makes the catch.
6. Girl at second makes the throw to 3rd.
7. Ump calls her safe at home.
8. I go out to ump calm as usual and ask why ump why.
9. Ump says live ball once it touches the glove and she didn’t have control.
10. I go back to dug-out.
11. Fans on my side go crazy.
12. Etc. you get it.

[artomatic]

**disclaimer: as always, anytime i am doling out info, don't bet money on it or assume it is correct...

runner has to tag up, but can leave base after fielder touches the ball for the first time.
same as a fly to the outfield that fielder bobbles but catches. runner can tag after fielder touches ball for the first time.
if that wasnt the rule, a fielder could theoretically bobble/tip the ball all the way into the infield without actually catching it, and the runner would never be able to tag....
so if the runner was on the bag when the fielder touched the ball the first time, she can run home. if she was off 3rd base when fielder touches the ball, and never went back and tagged, i think she would be doubled up if fielder throws back to 3rd base...
that's how i see it anyways, im sure the resident umps could explain it better....

calm as usual

of course...

[wadeintothem]

**disclaimer: as always, anytime i am doling out info, don't bet money on it or assume it is correct...

runner has to tag up, but can leave base after fielder touches the ball for the first time.
same as a fly to the outfield that fielder bobbles but catches. runner can tag after fielder touches ball for the first time.
if that wasnt the rule, a fielder could theoretically bobble/tip the ball all the way into the infield without actually catching it, and the runner would never be able to tag....
so if the runner was on the bag when the fielder touched the ball the first time, she can run home. if she was off 3rd base when fielder touches the ball, and never went back and tagged, i think she would be doubled up if fielder throws back to 3rd base...
that's how i see it anyways, im sure the resident umps could explain it better....

nah, you did a fine job.

[Tucson]

It is early here, but why does the runner have to tag up, after the ball goes off the glove?

[KekambuS]

It is early here, but why does the runner have to tag up, after the ball goes off the glove?

And thats exactly what happen. she did not tag up. But maybe blue thought she did.

[wadeintothem]

Theres no need to "tag up" if you are still on the base when the ball first touches the glove, you didnt leave the base early.

[PDad]

Players usually come off the base when the pitcher releases the ball...

[Tucson]

OK. I come off the base, on the pitch. I am 10 feet from the bag. The pop fly hits a player's glove and ricochets in the air.

You are saying, I need to go back to the bag and tag? I wouldn't.

What am I missing here?

[SnocatzDad]

OK. I come off the base, on the pitch. I am 10 feet from the bag. The pop fly hits a player's glove and ricochets in the air.

You are saying, I need to go back to the bag and tag? I wouldn't.

What am I missing here?

If it richochets of her glove but she catches before it touches the ground you absolutely have to go back and tag up or your liable to be put out on appeal for leaving early.

If you hadn't led off you could have left as soon as the ball made contact with fielder and not had to wait for control to leave the bag. That's the rule.

[PDad]

OK. I come off the base, on the pitch. I am 10 feet from the bag. The pop fly hits a player's glove and ricochets in the air.

You are saying, I need to go back to the bag and tag? I wouldn't.

What am I missing here?

You need to tag up if the ball is caught for a fly out. The point of this post is you can tag up on/after the initial contact and start advancing before the ball is caught for the out.