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Originally Posted by harmbu
It was the plate umpire that I asked. The way I understand it the BU has the safe/out call and then turns his attention toward the impending play at first base while the plate umpire watches for the contact. Am I correct in this?
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Either umpire can call FPSR violations. As BU, I ended a game last week on a FPSR violation, where R1 slid to the side of and past the base to make contact with F6 covering.
You asked the PU one relevant question: was there contact beyond the base. He answered that question, and it's umpire judgment all the way. That's not the only relevant question. But just because you saw contact, I would not conclude that there must have been an FPSR violation.
Forgot to add: since intent is not a requirement of interference, assessing whether the INT was "accidental" is irrelevant. There's no such term.