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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
It was interference. Vittorino had no intention of gaining second base, only in contacting the fielder.
It was called immediately, not later.
The umpires convened to make sure that they were ruling properly in returning both runners.
They got the call right.
The End.
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Under pure OBR, i'm confused as to why this is interference. I thought a slide was not required...
Devil's advocate:
Why is a similar (more malicious) play at home plate with collisions with the catcher not called interference? They obviously are not trying to reach the base in that instance.