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Old Wed May 02, 2012, 02:07pm
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
Group and Rich - yes, of course runners often run outside the lane. What he said, though, was "I could call runner lane interference three times per game easily". I find THAT to be exceedingly uncommon. Heck, I'd even go so far as to say I'd be surprised that 3 balls in any particular game are hit near enough the plate that runner lane interference would even be possible.
I stand by what I say. We have a fair number of sacrifice bunts that are clearly within the box and the BRs run well inside the line -- if the throw hit the runner, we could easily have interference. I think 2-3 times a game sounds about right.
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