QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 02:41 AM)
FOX showed the 3rd base coach Ed Rapuano talk to Eddings and he must have agreed that the ball did indeed hit the ground. Of course, there's no way Rapuano could have seen it for sure from where he was standing IMO. The only video that is of any value is the zoomed-in shot of Josh Paul's glove.
A side angle shot also appears to illustrate how Paul's glove pops up a bit from the ground as the ball arrives which makes me think the ball bounced upwards into his glove.