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Originally Posted by Andy
I guess I'm still not seeing why it wouldn't be INT here. If I see a SS moving laterally to field a batted ball, and I judge that she has a play, but she pulls up to avoid an imminent collision with a baserunner, I am most likely going to have an interference call.
Now if I judge that the SS stopped and created contact with the runner to draw an INT call, that's a different animal. If that's the case, the SS is no longer in the act of fielding a batted ball.
Glen - I'm not trying to argue or disagree with your call on the field, just trying to understand how the play unfolded without the benefit of seeing it live.
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Being in good position, I see the SS move toward the ball, then for some reason
stop, step back, bumping the runner. If she had continued slightly forward instead of
stepping back , IMO, there would not have been contact.
Added note: Once the play was over, the defensive coach did his job and came out.
I thought I was going to have to explain it to him, however, he addressed F6
with, "I have told you to play the ball. I know you don't want to get run over, but
go for the ball."
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