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Sam
I'd like to respectfully contest your second example that BR could be guilty of interference:
"In your case, F3 was in the act of fielding the ball and in fact did have possession of the ball at the time the BR slowed down. Since F3 did nothing to deliberately hinder the BR, there can be no obstruction. In fact, if the BR had collided with F3 while she was attempting to gain control of the ball, I believe that you would have had interference on the BR."
In my offense, I'd like to transpose the play to homeplate, instead of F3 use F2 and R1 instead of BR. Here F2 attempts to take a throw from an infielder for a tag as R1 attempts to score.The throw brings F2 to effectively block the plate, but F2 bobbles the ball and an unintended collision results in the ball rolling away as R1 subsequently scores.
The play is the same but at a different base. I've never seen the runner called out for interference here. The rules do not discriminate by base.
Again Sam, thanks for the post, I enjoy reading all post and the healthy dialog that follows. I welcome any criticizm.
Respectfully
Kent
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