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Originally Posted by CoachJM
Garth,
Since you asked so nicely, I believe this is the only one pertinent to MLB play.
From the MLBUM, 6.1 Offensive Interference:
Personally, having witnessed how contact at the plate is treated in MLB games, I have no idea what it means.
JM
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Read what you posted carefully!
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While contact may occur between a fielder and runner during a tag attempt, a runner is not allowed to use his hands or arms to commit an obviously malicious or unsportsmanlike act-such as grabbing, tackling, intentionally slapping at the baseball, punching, kicking, flagrantly using his arms or forearms, etc.-to commit an intentional act of interference unrelated to running the bases. ... Depending on the severity of the infraction, it is possible the player may be ejected for such conduct.
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What they don't want is a runner going by a fielder and clocking him for no good reason. Now, if that fielder has the ball and is trying to tag the base runner, he is now fair game for the clocking!
