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Originally posted by Jerry
There's a major difference between "interfering with a play" and "interfering with the opportunity to make a play".
The ruling, which is in agreement with both FED and OBR rules, calls the batter "out", regardless of outs already recorded, and places the runners back at their bases at the "Time of Interference". The scenario you reported did just that.
Had the catcher been attempting to put the tag on R3 and THEN (or at the same time) the batter did something to interfere, then you'd call R3 out.
In what you cited, and what is more probable, the catcher never had the opportunity to attempt a play. The interference occurred before that point.
Jerry
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Where are you getting all of these differences from the simple OBR rule posted above, which says nothing about attempting to make a play, after run scores, etc. It says interference at the plate with less than 2 outs makes runner out. Nothing more.
Mr. Hensley or someone,
If you have the time and inclination, is there a MLBUM reference to all of this.
Thanks
Edited to add.
Just saw the play. R3 coming home, F2 tried to go through batter to get to R3 (R3 was about 5 feet or more from HP) but could not get by. R3 crosses plate. PU immediately points at batter, then R3 with the out call. Clip ended here so don't know what caused R3 to get put back on 3rd.
[Edited by TBBlue on Aug 3rd, 2005 at 02:34 PM]