Dakota - I was responding to our Right-Handed Starting Catcher. (I'm assuming that's what rhsc means!) He asked "How would this apply in a 'pickle' sitch, if fielder decides not to throw for the same reason as above?" I was saying it wouldn't apply, because a BR in a pickle would not have a running lane restriction (obviously ... because BR would not then be between home and 1st base).
Chuck - Dakota said it better than I, but running-lane interference doesn't have anything to do with the catcher's thoughts, opinions, or states-of-mind. Just ask yourself - did the runner, by being out of the lane, interfere with a fielder taking a throw at 1st base. So in C, there is no interference.
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