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Ok to follow up on some points that have been made and some thoughts. Dakota stated on 8.8P a throw on a x-runner has to be made hence a throw was made to the base the x-runner was going to then by rule I have to decide which runner or x-runner F6 was tring to make the play on if this is the case I believe I would still rule the same way because my believe would be I would want to rule on the player that has done something wrong or not normal which I believe would be R1 not F3 on this play BUT......I do see all of your view points and do appreciate the replies. My question still is why does there have to be intentional interference for interference by a x-runner to be ruled?? Why cant there just be interference called with the runner being played on called out??
I want to ask if you would see this play if you would rule any different??
R1 on 2nd and R2 on 1st no outs, B3 hits grounder to F4 who flips to F6 for the force at 2nd, F6 throws to F3 trying for the double play which is late but F3 sees R1 make wide turn at 3rd throws to F5 during this time R2 who is out is trotting back to his 3rd base dugout, R1 who is pretty much a dead duck at this time trys to take off for home as F2 is setup at home to recieve the throw x-R2 who is not paying attention to the play crosses right in front of F2 causing F2 to lose vision of the throw causing the ball to get past F2 on which R1 proceeds to score and the B/R advances to 2nd.
Would you still rule this as not intentional interference or interference because by rules you have stated x-R2 did nothing intentional???
Just some Thoughts as I have stated before I do truly respect all of your opinions and experiences of the game
Thanks
Don
[Edited by oppool on Oct 17th, 2001 at 04:34 AM]
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