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September 12, 2015
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Glenn Maxwell takes a great catch on the boundary in the 4th ODI at Headingley.
posted by deflated at 12:58 AM on September 13, 2015
Why is it a catch if he steps over the line and back again? Wouldn't being out of play negate the second part of the catch?
posted by grum@work at 10:51 AM on September 13, 2015
It only negates the play if he's touching the ball while he's grounded over the rope, at which point it counts as a six for the batsman.
So he catches the ball, throws it back into the air, grounds outside the rope, then jumps back inside and catches his own throw and then lands in fair territory, which means the batsman is out.
Even Maxwell thinks it's a silly rule, but if you took all the silly rules out of cricket there'd not be much left.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:28 AM on September 13, 2015
I love that rule because you wouldn't get truly great plays like that without it.
posted by NoMich at 12:43 PM on September 13, 2015
Tweet from a Toronto police officer during the 5-walk, 1-hit, 1-hbp top of the 11th inning in the Jays/Yankees game this afternoon:
If you're loaded like the bases have been at Yankee Stadium, walk home just like the #BlueJays are.