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Originally Posted by bossman72
In baseball, this would have been ruled obstruction since the pitcher is not protected any more after the deflection.
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Are you sure? From the video aftermath it appears the umpires called interference - or incidental contact. But they allowed the out.
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Would the ruling be different in softball?
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To steal Dakota's thunder - did the pitcher have control of the ball prior to contact by the B-R? If yes, the call is interference. Can you see deviation (slowup) on the part of the B-R before the pitcher got the ball? Then call obstruction. (NFHS specifically rules this way this year. 2-47.3: Initial play, step and a reach definition)
WMB