[MinorityRepublican]

Clearly, the right call!

Perhaps so. Then clearly it is a bad rule because the ball was playable and in the field even though it was "lodged".

[mmichaels1970]

Then clearly it is a bad rule because the ball was playable and in the field even though it was "lodged".

It is not. Outfielders are trained to play the natural trajectory of the ball. In other words, “play the carom”. The ball’s natural trajectory was stopped by the gap in the padding.

Similar to the man made obstruction rules in golf.