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Originally posted by copeaus
Looking for chapter and verse from MLB that led to A-Rod being viewed as interfering, and why is this distinguishable from breaking up a play at home plate?
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2.00 INTERFERENCE: "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"
Item 4.1, page 32 of the 2004 PBUC: "While contact may occur between a fielder and runner during a tag attempt, a runner is not allowed to use his hands or arms to commit an obviously malicious or unsportsmanlike act-such as grabbing, tackling, intentionally slapping at the baseball...."
If A-Rod were to intentionally slap at the catcher's mitt on a play at the plate he should be called out for interference there also.