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Old Wed Jul 18, 2012, 07:42am
donj donj is offline
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Umpire interference or nothing

High school (NFHS) 3 person. No one on, 1 out. Ground ball behind second. Short stop fields and throw to 1st a litlle wide, but 1st baseman is able to get a glove on it somewhat and ball gets away. BR makes turn toward 2nd and goes 3 or 4 steps, then changes his mind and tries to head back to 1st. In turning to go back to 1st, he makes contact with 1st base umpire which stops his momentum just a bit. BR decides that he should best go to 2nd since he wouldn't make it back safely to 1st. Gets in a rundown and eventually gets put out at 2nd. Coach comes out to talk to 1st base umpire wanting umpire interference and play stands, BR out.

I've looked in case book for situation like this and couldn't find one. Was this the right call by being a no call?

Thanks
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