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TOPIC: interference or not |
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| Cindy
July 17, 2013
8:16:10 PM
Entry #: 4074478
| Third baseman attempts to get to a foul fly ball that she would have easily caught. Runner leaving 3B runs into third baseman, which prevents third baseman from making the catch. Is this interference and if so, who is out...the batter or the runner?
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| Neal
July 18, 2013
12:24:59 PM
Entry #: 4074655
| cindy in the scenario that you described I would rule double play. Interference on the runner and an out on the batter.
Neal
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| Cindy
July 19, 2013
10:02:02 AM
Entry #: 4074915
| Good to know, Neil. The 2 umps conferred and it was ruled no interference/nobody out because the runner was in foul territory. It didn't make sense to me because I thought the fielder had a right to get to the ball and that the runner had to avoid contact with the fielder.
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| Opa
July 19, 2013
10:20:54 AM
Entry #: 4074928
| Cindy, The rule referance isw Rule 8, Section 7 J.1. There is always 1 out on interferance. The second out would be a judgement call by the Umpire. The rule calls for the trailing runner to be called out if the Umpire judget it was an attempt to stop a double play. If there is no trailing runers, the batter would be out. To call a double play on this, the Umpire would have to judge the ball would have been caught, which would not be an easy thing to do. I have seen very easily caught balls dropped without any kind of interferance. It would all be up to the Umpire on the field. The 2 you had should go back and study the rule book a little more.
OPA
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| Bob M.
July 21, 2013
7:31:05 PM
Entry #: 4075347
| Runner is out. The runner created the interference, therefore the ball is dead and the runner is out. All other runners must return. Foul ball on the batter, continue.
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| Blue 56
August 22, 2013
4:32:38 PM
Entry #: 4084871
| I know this answer may be a little out of time but here goes anyway. RS # 33 A-1-d is clear that if the ball could have been caught with ordinary effort then both the runner and the batter are out. If however the umpire judged that the ball could not have been caught with ordinary effort then it's a strike on the batter.
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