Why should I trap up during multiball if another ball becomes stuck?

[gammagoat]

It is worth a read through this thread from a year ago, the last time we argued about this rule.

The unstuck - Stuck ball in Multiball conundrum.

So I had an interesting situation recently that seemed to pit two different rules against what I would believe is their intended spirit, and created an interesting situation: A player was in a multiball with 2 balls in play. 1 of the balls came to rest high on the playfield in a small divot (Scared stiff near left exit from the pops). The player then proceeded to play a “1 ball” multiball while the other ball sat in that divot. While never intentionally trying to free the ball, shots to the pop…