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Old Sun Aug 01, 2010, 11:16am
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Originally Posted by Far far away .. View Post
Actually what happened was the fielder tagged the base and then took a step to the 3rd base side checking the runners on both third and then first bases. I suspect what happened was the runner anticipating a double play attempt at first also stepped that side of the base line (so as not to interfere with the anticipated play) and then couldn't stop in time to avoid the fielder.
Hence the reason a retired runner is not required to "peel" off to avoid an INT call.

However, with that information, I believe INT is a definite possibility had there been a play with which to interfere.
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