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It's also instructive to see the reactions of players and coaches at higher levels of play.
Yesterday I was working a college DH -- ground ball to F6, throw good enough to retire the BR, but pulls F3 into the baseline. Crash. Ball ends up in right field.
I simply won't even consider the running lane -- the throw wasn't from the box -- even though the BR was running inside all the way down.
Not a word from anyone. Nobody. Not on the crash, nothing. Manager came out, but only to change pitchers.
Later in the game, there was a sacrifice bunt and F2 threw the ball over F3's head into right field. Again, the BR was not in the running lane, but it wasn't a quality throw. No interference. To have interference, the runner must interfere with something and a throw 5 feet over everyone's head is uncatchable even with NO runner there.
With better baseball you don't get arguments from inside the fence on stuff like this. You get arguments, of course, but on different things.
--Rich
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