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Originally Posted by snorman75
First, intention on interference was taken out, but few umps ever changed how they call it. I have been told. That with the change in the rule, a runner sliding into third and a thrown ball hits them in the back of the head when they start their slide, they are out.
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Uh, no, the runner is not out unless the runner did something that could be an act of INT. Simply being hit with a thrown ball is absolutely nothing.
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It does not matter anymore that there was no intent to interfere. I have never called it like that. I will not speak for anyone else, but I think few will call interference like that without intent.
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The reason most umpires would not call that interference is because it isn't interference.