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I'm trying to understand how F2 can be "airborn and prone", be 5 ft. from the plate, catch the ball yet not tag out R2 due to R2's previous touching of the plate.
Still, with that said, it's certainly a HTBT play.
It sounds as if R2 was moreso protecting himself from the airborn catcher than catching the catcher. IMO, a runner has a right to protect himself in such situations, and the contact would be neither inteference nor obstruction, but merely incidental contact.
I seriously doubt if I'd consider an interference call on R2 unless I judged some action of R2 to be an intentional attempt to interfere with F2's opportunity to make further play on the BR.
Freix
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