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Originally posted by Jay R
Unless the BR intentionnaly interferes, this is nothing. Remember Ed Armbruster and Carlton Fisk?
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A very important point to the ruling of the Armbruster/Fisk play was that both players
did not hesitate in any way. Both players were where they should have been when contact occured. It had nothing to do with intention or incidental contact as others believe, it was a simple judgement call! MLB upheld this ruling.
As a matter of fact, several years later, a similar play occured (sorry, I can't remember the names involved) where the batter was called out for interference. In the umpire's opinion, the batter hesitated then took off crashing into F2. Arguments ensued reflecting on the Armbruster/Fisk ruling but MLB agreed that because the batter hesitated to run, he (the batter) interferred with F2. Again, it was experience and good judgement that made this call.
[Edited by ozzy6900 on Nov 1st, 2005 at 07:33 AM]