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Originally Posted by sargee7
I'm not going to punish the offense . . . . but, I will still not punish the offense for a mistake the defense made.
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Wow! You are now judging whether or not to hand out punishment? That is not your job.
Your responsibility is to enforce the rules as written to prevent one side from gaining an advantage over the other. Interference (and obstruction) rules do not have punishments. They simply require that you correct the game back to where it should have been had there not been interference or obstruction.
In the OP the on-deck batter hindered a defender from making a play on the runner. Call the interference - and right the game.
WMB