re: Ruling on SELA catcher tossing ball to his dugout

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Did you even play baseball past little league?

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I understand what you are saying, no the play wasn't immediately ruled dead.

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Ok then why you are trying to be a prick about it?

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But if the coach touched the ball, threw it back to the catcher and they tag Bregman out at home plate, that play would not have stood. The ball was dead as soon as the coach touched it, the call was just delayed because the umpire didn't realized what had happened.

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Yes. If it was that glaringly obvious, they would have gotten the call right. ALL I said was the runner shouldn't take anything for granted because the play isn't dead until the umpire rules it as such. What if he picked it up and dropped it at his feet and none of the umpires saw it? That is very legitimately possible since none of the umpires knew where the ball was at first.

That is 100% correct. I am not really sure how you can't grasp that.