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Originally Posted by klo376
Batter looks over his left shoulder then finally steps out of the box into the catchers path and lowers a shoulder (coach claims that his 110 lb batter realized he was about to get run over and braced for contact). Catcher actually does make it through the batter and ends up actually making the tag also.
I called the batter out and ejected for malicious contact according to rule3-3-1-n. In the end I ruled the batter out and ejected for malicious contact and the runner out for batter interference for a runner coming home with less than 2 outs.
Any thoughts?
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This is a good one to present to Mr. Hopkins who is the FED rules interpreter but IMO you cannot get 2 outs on this play.
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Batter looks over his left shoulder then finally steps out of the box into the catchers path and lowers a shoulder
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At this point the call is
1. TIME
2. Interference
3. Since we have less then 2 outs R3 is out
4. EJ the batter and get a new batter at the plate
OR
1. TIME
2. Interference MC
3. batter is out and EJ'd
4. R3 back to third base
IMO, I would go with number 1 since that penalizes the offense more severly meaning NO more R3.
As mentioned I do not think you can get 2 outs on this play.
Pete Booth