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There are no outs in the bottom of the 9th in a tied game. Runners are on 1st and 2nd. Ball is hit to left center, the center fielder throws the ball wildly and it ends up near the dead ball area in the hands of the third baseman. He throws it home . I am by third base in a three man game. The first runner goes past home and the dugout empties. The problem occurs when he fails to touch home. The catcher is trying to find the ball with the whole team in his way. The third base coach rushes home and grabs the first runner and pulls him back to home. Obviously this runner is out. The second runner is standing about 3 feet to the third base side of home. The coach says he scored. The home plate umpire says she did not see him touch home because of the player on the field. The first base umpire said the runner did not touch home plate. We talked about what happened and what to do about it. Th ruling we came up with was that the first runner is out because of coach's interference and the second runner is out because of player interference. While all of this is going on the batter takes second base. The result is 2 outs and a runner on second base.
I welcome any and all comments on this bizzare play.
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