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Originally posted by JJ
What's wrong with the NCAA interp??
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JJ:
Currently, that rule is under review. Briefly: In 1988 the NCAA rule said: "If the catcher's throw does not retire a runner...." For 1989 (it's a long story not relevant here) the language was changed to read: "If any runner is put out on the play...."
That meant that the OBR and NCAA language was the same: "any runner" means ANY runner.
Play: R1, R3, double steal, batter's interference. Throw is cut off and R3 is out at the plate. Since a runner was retired, the umpire disregards the interference.
That is no longer the OBR interpretation.
The actual NCAA rule still reads that following batter inteference, if any runner anywhere is retired during the continuing action, the interference will be disregarded.
Unfortunately, several very powerful NCAA umpires ignore the language of the rule and prefer to call according to the language of the OBR "interpretation."
I will be getting an official interpretation shortly, and I suspect the NCAA 2002 book might return to the language of its 1988 statute.