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Kalix:
You are correct, 7.09d, not c. Sorry, I was trying to do it from memory, and that's the second thing to go!
I'm glad you came around. Yes, the rule book is VERY confusing, which is why Mr. Childress, Mr. Roder and others can make money rewriting and explaining what is available to any of us for free on the web, or for just a few dollars in a bookstore.
Websites help, but ALWAYS consider the source, and do your own digging as well. Someone can tell me something until they are blue in the face, but until I can prove it to myself, I haven't really learned it.
I blew this one myself a few years back. R1, gets a late jump. Batter sees his teammate is dead meat, so, having never swung at the pitch, he sticks his bat out across the plate when the catcher is coming up throwing, just to interfere with the throw. Blatantly intentional act. Somewhere in my mind , I reason, "Intentional act. Punish the offense where it hurts the most", so I called the RUNNER out on the interference. I must have really sold the call, because my partner nor the coaches said a word, except for the offensive coach yelling at his own batter for doing something so obvious.
After the game, it bothered me. I got to the car and pulled out the book. Yep, I blew it. I asked my partner, and he said, "Hey, you had me convinced. I KNEW you were right." Except I wasn't.
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