What is the official ruling on that play that occurred in the game last night? What would have happened if the coach had tossed the ball to his catcher to catch Bregman at home plate?
Would a SELA player have to go to the dugout to manually retrieve the ball from the coach in order to get the out at home? What if a SELA player had called timeout as Bregman headed for home? Would the run still have counted?

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Posted by LSUTygerFan

Homerun Village

Member since Jun 2008

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Posted on 2/20/14 at 7:31 am to BRTIIGER58

it was a live ball...i would think coach touching it is basically interference.although they ruled it as an error on the catcher.

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Posted by Awesome All Day

Plaquemine, La

Member since Jul 2011

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Posted on 2/20/14 at 7:34 am to BRTIIGER58

The catcher threw a live ball into the dugout, therefore the runners on base get to move up. As soon as the coach touched it, it was ruled dead as if it entered the dugout. There was nothing SELU could do after that point. The catcher just had a brain fart.

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Posted by NBR_Exile

Houston via Baton Rouge

Member since Jul 2012

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Posted on 2/20/14 at 7:38 am to BRTIIGER58

There is no timeout in baseball. Once the ball is thrown out of play the play stops but the runners can advance to the next base.

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Posted by JBleezy

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Member since Feb 2014

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Posted on 2/20/14 at 11:19 am to BRTIIGER58

basically its ruled as if the player threw the ball into the stands. everyone advances up a base. then its ruled a dead ball. in this case Bregman was already considered to be at third base, which is why his run counted.

This post was edited on 2/20/14 at 11:21 am

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Posted by beauchristopher

new orleans

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Posted on 2/21/14 at 5:29 am to BRTIIGER58

it was weird why he never tossed the ball back to the pitcher

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