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Originally Posted by Manny A
So, it's your position that the fielder has to make a bonafide attempt to get to the ball and not avoid a collision? How does what LaRoche did not qualify for being hindered or impeded?
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LaRoche choose to go in foul territory and wait for the ball to come to him. If he choose to go there because he wantd to avoid the runner then shame on him because he had the right of way and didn't use.
Interference does not have to be intentional to be called however, it has to happen and be discernable by the actions of the players and not by the umpire trying to guess what the player was thinking.
Did the BR interfere with the ball or the fielding of the ball based upon the position the fielder choose to field it. NO
We are there to make a ruling based upon what happened not what could have happened.