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Old Tue Jun 06, 2017, 11:59pm
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Runner Interference

Does contact have to be made in order for interference to be called?

Had a pop up to the short stop with a runner on second with two outs, runners starts towards third as my short stop steps into the running lane to catch the ball, my fielder feels the runner side steps and tries jumping to catch the ball and misses.
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 12:07am
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Does contact have to be made in order for interference to be called?

Had a pop up to the short stop with a runner on second with two outs, runners starts towards third as my short stop steps into the running lane to catch the ball, my fielder feels the runner side steps and tries jumping to catch the ball and misses.
"feels the runner"? "running lane"? He should know that the runner is going to be going by and not be surprised.

If the runner just running and just runs around the fielder - no interference.
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 07:44am
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Does contact have to be made in order for interference to be called?

Had a pop up to the short stop with a runner on second with two outs, runners starts towards third as my short stop steps into the running lane to catch the ball, my fielder feels the runner side steps and tries jumping to catch the ball and misses.
Explain to your fielders that on a batted ball the field belongs to them.
In other words ignore the runner and go after the ball.
If contact occurs then so be it.
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 07:49am
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"feels the runner"? "running lane"? He should know that the runner is going to be going by and not be surprised.

If the runner just running and just runs around the fielder - no interference.
Suppose the runner does nothing wrong but, while running to 3rd and in front of F6 causes him to hold up for a split second and then misses a lazy line drive?
I had this happen once and all heck broke loose.
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 09:41am
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Suppose the runner does nothing wrong but, while running to 3rd and in front of F6 causes him to hold up for a split second and then misses a lazy line drive?
I had this happen once and all heck broke loose.
That is a better description of what happen, after looking up rules this is what I found. First Paragraph on Page 63 of 2017 MLB rules. "Rule 6.01(a) Penalty for Interference Comment (Rule 7.08(b)Comment). A runner who is adjudged to have hindered a fielder who is attempting to make a play on a batter ball is out whether it was intentional or not."

To simplify my question, does physical contact have to be made to have interference called?
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 10:38am
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That is a better description of what happen, after looking up rules this is what I found. First Paragraph on Page 63 of 2017 MLB rules. "Rule 6.01(a) Penalty for Interference Comment (Rule 7.08(b)Comment). A runner who is adjudged to have hindered a fielder who is attempting to make a play on a batter ball is out whether it was intentional or not."

To simplify my question, does physical contact have to be made to have interference called?
No.
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 10:39am
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Suppose the runner does nothing wrong but, while running to 3rd and in front of F6 causes him to hold up for a split second and then misses a lazy line drive?
I had this happen once and all heck broke loose.
It the runner did nothing wrong then there is no interference because interference is something wrong.

If the fielder held up unnecessarily it's on him. He needs to expect that the runner will be running past him.

If the runner's action necessitated an alteration of the fielder's effort then it's interference.

And contact is not required
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 10:40am
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That is a better description of what happen, after looking up rules this is what I found. First Paragraph on Page 63 of 2017 MLB rules. "Rule 6.01(a) Penalty for Interference Comment (Rule 7.08(b)Comment). A runner who is adjudged to have hindered a fielder who is attempting to make a play on a batter ball is out whether it was intentional or not."

To simplify my question, does physical contact have to be made to have interference called?
See my answer to MT73.
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 01:50pm
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It the runner did nothing wrong then there is no interference because interference is something wrong.

If the fielder held up unnecessarily it's on him. He needs to expect that the runner will be running past him.

If the runner's action necessitated an alteration of the fielder's effort then it's interference.

And contact is not required
That is how I called it.
The runner held up a split second to avoid being hit by the line drive and continued running immediately after avoiding contact.
F6 was confused by this and dropped what should have been an easy catch.
The defensive coach went to the PU who then came to me saying the D.C. Was looking for an interference call.
I said that in my judgement R2 had done nothing wrong, which is why I did not call it.
At the time I was 97% sure-- now I am 99.9% sure it was the right call.
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Old Wed Jun 07, 2017, 02:27pm
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That is how I called it.
The runner held up a split second to avoid being hit by the line drive and continued running immediately after avoiding contact.
F6 was confused by this and dropped what should have been an easy catch.
The defensive coach went to the PU who then came to me saying the D.C. Was looking for an interference call.
I said that in my judgement R2 had done nothing wrong, which is why I did not call it.
At the time I was 97% sure-- now I am 99.9% sure it was the right call.
Conclusion very likely correct.
However "R2 had done nothing wrong" is irrelevant.
Your statement needs to be "R2 did not interfere."

Your judgement:
Did R2 interfere?
If yes, dead ball, Interference.
If no, no interference, play on.
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