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Originally Posted by debeau
MCrowder
No ,step and reach scenario
Interference to be called .
This scenario was a question for whiteboard description at a recent ISF seminar with Merle Butler .
Wadeintothem
I too have interference withyour scenario
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No. "Step and a reach" is a term used to describe a FIELDER'S protection being extended when they bobble a play on a ball - that FIELDER is still protected, cannot be called for OBS, and will result in INT if a runner contacts that fielder.
"Step and a reach" has NOTHING to do with a deflected ball coming into contact with a runner. In fact, on a deflected ball, the runner has MORE protection on a deflected (or missed) ball that is still close to the fielder. You are taking an integral part of ONE part of the interference rule and applying it where it does not belong in ANOTHER part of the interference rule.