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Originally Posted by VaCoach
Simple question, runner on first who attempts to steal second, batter is called for interfering with catchers throw to second. Question: Umpire called the baserunner out, and let the batter continue his at bat. Is this correct, or is the batter out and the runner must go back to first base? I don't understand why the runner would be out when he did nothing wrong. Thanks for your help on this matter.
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You are correct as others have said, the BR is out. For some reason, maybe because it doesn't happen a lot, many umpires confuse this rule and call the runners out.
I always try to remember, we want to penalize the offense as much as we can on this play, so we get BR out and the runner returning, unless there are other situations which were described such as strike three or the runner being retired.
But we learn from our mistakes. Many years ago in a big game I was the young umpire and let the veteran talk me out of the correct ruling on this type of play.
After checking the books later, I have never missed this call again.
Thanks
David