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First of all, only the offense can interfere. The defense obstructs.
In your first situation, it is a HTBT play, but from what you described I can see grounds for calling interference. However, with that said, if the runner, the fielder and the ball all arrived at the same point at the same time, it is quite possible that you could have had no call at all. Like I said, HTBT.
In the second situation, ask yourself the simple question of was the runner running out of the basepath to avoid a tag? From what you described, the answer would be no. The penalty is on a baserunner who strays more than 3 ft from the basepath, (not baseline, but the imaginary path that the runner creates from one base to the next)on either side, (stepping to the infield side or the outfield side is irrelevant), to AVOID A TAG!
Scott
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