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Originally Posted by maqiaump
Based loaded less than 2 outs. Dropped third stirke, cather throws ball to first. I put runner back at 3rd and all the out. When responding please help the 2nd year ump. Thanks for the read.
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There's a lot of discussion around what it exactly takes for a retired batter (what you had) to interfere with a throw to first while running and I don't understand it well enough to explain it you. But the only way you can kill the ball and send any runners back is if you're calling something that has that penalty or you made a mistake and as a result of correcting that mistake you need to. (That is if your reversal put a team in jeopardy, for example, see the thread about the runner called out at 3rd.) So if you killed it for interference than you've got to have somebody out.
Otherwise, the ball is live and if runners run around because they are confused they have to live with the consequences. (See the thread about the 2 out confusion)