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Originally posted by Dave Hensley
Lane violation doesn't work...
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My pesonal opinion is that the catch was made, completed and an out happened. However, if the ruling was that the catch was not made, that the runner hitting the forearm was interference before the catch was completed, then I can see where the runner was in fair territory (out of the lane) while running at least the last ten feet or so toward the bag and I agree that he interferred with the catch. It's not like his last step was in the lane and then he was auto-magically repositioned to the F1 side of the bag... he was already over on that side of the bag.
And though we can't expect the BR to disappear the instant he is out, the fact that he threw a forearm to dislodged the ball would have cause me to rule a possible out on any other player that had been in jeopardy.
This of course is at my level of ball, not in MLB where they seem to feel malacious contact during the course of a play is not an offense. (You can hit an opposing player with a forearm, just don't drop your bat on home plate if you're unhappy with a strike call.)