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Old Tue Apr 21, 2009, 07:56am
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by mbyron View Post
As you know, the question concerns spectator interference. Where the ball "would have gone" is irrelevant to determining spectator interference. What matters was (a) did a fan touch a live ball, and (b) was the ball over the field when touched by a fan.

If it was a good call, it was not such for the reasoning you're providing.
So if the ball went 10 rows up and the fielder jumps to catch the ball, but a fan reaches over, you do have interference because where the ball went is not relevant?

Just want clarification for how you make these calls without some knowledge of where the ball is going.

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