
Tue Mar 23, 2010, 09:15pm
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Nebraska
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UMP25
According to an OBR interpretation, if the pitcher is hovering over a ball to see if it goes fair or foul and the BR makes contact, it's neither interference nor obstruction.
This would to make sense, because the pitcher is not actually fielding the ball (interference), and he's not totally out of the picture and irrelevant to the play (obstruction). Therefore, there's only one logical option left: no penalty either way.
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I would like to see that interp. Please post.
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