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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by DG
Only one fielder is protected by this rule. If it goes through one runner's legs then any other fielder is not relevant.
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Not true. If another fielder has a play (that is, can get someone out -- not just "chasing after a loose ball), then the runner can interfere even if the ball went through the legs of a fielder right in front of the runner.
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I don't get your drift. If the 3B and SS are in a line on a ground ball between 3rd and short, and the ball goes between the 3B legs and contacts the runner from 2B directly in front of the SS, there is no interference, unless the contact was intentional. If not intentional, then no interference. Only one player is protected, in this case 3B man. He made the error by not fielding cleanly. We are not going to penalize the offense.
Fri Jun 18, 2004, 05:01pm
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