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Originally Posted by tcannizzo
R1 on 2B. B hits ground ball to F6. R1 passes immediatly in front of F6, who was attempting to field the ground ball, but had to flinch to avoid R1. DEAD BALL INT, award B 1B. This might deserve its own thread, but in spite of the INT, F6 throw to 1B actually beat BR. I "think" we ruled properly by awarding B 1B, but it seems counter intuitive to penalize the defense for an infraction committed by the offense. Did we get this one right? After all how can you get a put out after the ball has already been declared as Dead?
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You've got a dead ball situation. The throw never happened so it doesn't matter if the BR appeared to get beaten by the throw. Offense is penalized because they now have an out and a runner at first instead of no outs an a runner at third (if the BR was indeed thrown out @ 1st). While if the penalty for the interference was some sort of DDB where both runners could be out on the same play would be the best scenario, that is not in the rulebook.
You ruled correctly.