Quote:
Originally Posted by MT 73
OBR
R1.
Batter hits ground ball to F4 while runner takes off.
F4 hesitates to make the play because he is fearful of making contact with the runner.
He then bobbles the batted ball, later claiming that R 1 distracted him.
Defense is looking for an interference call.
I state that a runner has to do something other than just legally running the bases for interference.
My call stands.
That happened a few years ago and many have since told me —including a recent debate on another umpires forum—that I was wrong.
Was I?
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the problem is that different people see this play differently in their mind's eye, and that it's judgment, which is hard to describe.
If R1 *caused* F4 to stop, then it's (generally) INT. If r4 *chose* to stop, then it's (generally) play on.