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Originally posted by Gulf Coast Blue
Mike.............
Don't we penalize the events in the order they happen? Catcher's obstruction occured first.........
In the POE section I believe it says that CO is only cancelled if the batter and all other runners advance at least one base........the offensive coach gets a choice to take the play if anything else happens................. i.e. - interference.......or the penalty for CO............
I don't have my rulebook or casebook in front of me.........
But, I based on my recolection..........I don't see an ASA rule that would overule the CO in this play.
Joel
BTW.........nice to see all of y'all again.
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Still speaking ASA
I don't see an ASA rule it says you ignore interference. Think about this. It is a live ball. The defense is permitted to put out other runners during this period as long as the obstructed player is not put out.
Folks here have made mention of penalizing the team that caused the action. What about rewarding the team that plays in an unsportsmanlike manner?
BTW, welcome back, Joel.
Say you have a runner on 1B and the batter's swing is obstructed and hits a slow roller to F4. Stupid SP batter just stands at the plate screaming "interference, blue". Meanwhile R1 sees F4 step up to field the ball and plows him over. Are you going to reward the team that just had a player intentionally run over F4 by placing B2 on 1B & R1 on 2B? According to just about everyone on this thread, that's the call. If you don't call the interference, you cannot call the out. And interference in this case does not require intention.