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Originally Posted by David Emerling
Let's change just one thing in the above case play and tell me if this might make the non-interference call much more difficult to make.
F6 air mails the ball over F3's head and BR advances to 2nd on the wild throw.
Try to sell that non-interference call. Good luck.
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You cannot assume interference merely because of a bad throw. Given that between the OP and your addendum, there is nothing that indicates that there was an altering of the fielder's play, I don't have interference.
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Originally Posted by David Emerling
The umpire would have to say that the wild throw and the runner's attempt to take out the pivot man were not related.
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Let's look at it conversely--the umpire would have to say that the bad throw was caused by the slide. Try justifying that one without evidence.
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Originally Posted by David Emerling
It was just a bad throw having absolutely nothing to do with the runner sliding into 2nd. Although I can see that being a possibility - I don't think I would want to go there.
Make the above call and I guarantee you'll end up having to eject the defensive manager.
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That comes with the job.