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Would you call interference on this play?
Varsity game, two big school high quality programs, tight game. R1 on 1B, no outs.
Ground ball towards 2B. F4 attempts to field ball about 3' to left of 2B, and 2' behind baseline. Error on F4, ball bounces forward a couple feet into base path. F4 starts to reach for ball, but R1 is into slide to 2B so F4 pulls back. Ball hits R1 (or maybe R1 hits ball); by time F4 picks it up there is no play anywhere.
We know that a fielder should be protected for at least one step to retrieve a bobbled ball, but this runner was sliding into a base and had nowhere else to go. Would you call INT?
WMB
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