The catcher lost the ball. Plain and simple. Keep crying, Pirates fans.
Belly didn’t slap the ball. He was sliding into home and the catcher shoved his hand into Belly’s path and collided with Belly.
Belly was already in motion. He didn’t take any intentional motion to swipe at the ball. Why should the runner be penalized for that?
This is gold lol.
These fools look at the slo motion replay and get confused and forget how quickly the play happened.
We have vindication from [CloseCallSports](https://youtu.be/BV_WbaSAiDs?si=nwg3xWUnrNoByoQG). No one feel grimy about this W. Pirates can sulk all they want, rule book is clear. Umps and NY got it correct.
Didn’t have control of the ball immediately after the tag. He’s safe
Couldn’t the catcher just have waited until the play was actually over to show he still had the ball? His fault for trying to present the ball early.
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The catcher lost the ball. Plain and simple. Keep crying, Pirates fans.
Belly didn’t slap the ball. He was sliding into home and the catcher shoved his hand into Belly’s path and collided with Belly.
Belly was already in motion. He didn’t take any intentional motion to swipe at the ball. Why should the runner be penalized for that?
This is gold lol.
These fools look at the slo motion replay and get confused and forget how quickly the play happened.
We have vindication from [CloseCallSports](https://youtu.be/BV_WbaSAiDs?si=nwg3xWUnrNoByoQG). No one feel grimy about this W. Pirates can sulk all they want, rule book is clear. Umps and NY got it correct.
Didn’t have control of the ball immediately after the tag. He’s safe
Couldn’t the catcher just have waited until the play was actually over to show he still had the ball? His fault for trying to present the ball early.