Mon Sep 15, 2014, 07:02pm
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Originally Posted by roadking
I would agree, I dont like the interference call, but I could not judge if the defensive player intentionally threw at the runner.
By NCAA rule set the interference was correct call if you have no intent to throw at runner?
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Unless there is something else contradicting this, "intent" is required with a thrown ball:
12.8.5 When she interferes with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball, interferes with a fielder attempting to throw the ball or intentionally interferes with a thrown ball. EFFECT—The ball is dead. The batter-runner is awarded first base unless she is the player in violation. If the official scorer judges the batted ball would have been a hit, the batter is credited with a base hit, but if not, it is scored as a fielder’s choice. Each base runner not forced by the batter-runner must return to the last base legally touched at the time of the interference. If the interference, in the umpire’s judgment, is an obvious attempt to prevent a double play and occurs before the base runner is put out, the runner being played on shall also be called out.
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