[SAump]

"A player running has little choice as to what to do - they must run to the base. Hence the standards for interference would be much higher."

Exactly how I feel about it.

a) If a legal slide contacts the DP and jars the ball loose after the tag, the result of a dropped ball caused by the OP is ruled SAFE! The baseball remains live and in play.

b) If the legal slide contacts the DP and causes a wild throw to the next base, the result of a bad throw is ruled SAFE! The baseball remains live and in play.

c) A player batting has little choice as to what to do - after ball 4, they MUST drop the bat and run to the base.

If a legal (RISING) bat is thrown through the air by the only OP allowed to handle it and miraculously contacts the baseball thrown by the catcher afterwards; then the results caused by the OP is ruled INTERFERENCE! The ball is ruled dead, the B/R is OUT, and the R who SCORED returns to 3B.

D) The standards for interfernece ARE NOT much higher, they're totally different. The rulemakers have placed the onus on the OP. The rulemakers have bailed out the DP. The rulemakers have wiped out a RUN. The rulemakers have decided to INTERFERE with the events taking place on the field.

Some rules are universally accepted by all, and some rules need to be tuned on a yearly basis. In my judgment, I can still enjoy the GAME and live happily by all those rules now in place, until they are changed by the appropriate rule committee.


[Edited by SAump on Feb 12th, 2006 at 02:26 PM]