Frayed Knot wrote: OK, so Revere caught that last out of the 9th and simply trotted in with the ball. Obviously at some point it becomes an out even though it doesn't transfer to his bare hand. I mean, if he were to drop it out of his glove and onto the mound while trotting past would the ump declare it a 'no catch'? I don't think so. That's why it always struck me as an odd bit a rule book minutia. It was an ump getting fancy with the rules, no doubt. If that call was against us (our fielder dropping it) I would have went ballistic.