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He had a right to the baseline. It was the swiping with his hand that was illegal. If you've really been calling for 18 years, you know this already. Intentional interference - textbook.
OBR - 2.00 Definition of Terms
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INTERFERENCE
(a) Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat which interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses any fielder attempting to make a play. If the umpire declares the batter, batter runner, or a runner out for interference, all other runners shall return to the last base that was in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the interference, unless otherwise provided by these rules. In the event the batter runner has not reached first base, all runners shall return to the base last occupied at the time of the pitch.
[Edited by mcrowder on Oct 20th, 2004 at 09:10 AM]
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