7.07 vs. 6.08c

[Warren Willson]

Originally posted by Jim Porter
In the June 2000 Referee Magazine there appeared an article reporting that a 7.07 violation is not subject to the same manager's option as other types of defensive interference, and also not subject to the same delayed dead ball status as a balk.

Nullify that home run if it's hit. You've got a harsher penalty to enforce.

Hey, if that batter can hit a home run off a thrown ball that NEVER reaches him, he can have it for mine no matter WHAT OBR 7.07 says! Ok?

And if a play follows the picked off pitcher's throw that the offensive manager WANTS to take in preference to the balk and R3's run, I'd be happy to let HIM have that one too! (grin)

I still maintain the real significance of OBR 7.07 over OBR 6.08(c) and 7.04(d) is that the ball does NOT reach the batter (so its a balk) and the batter isn't specifically physically interfered with (but the pitch is). Is that drawing too fine a point on it? Maybe. Is it so far-fetched that it cannot account for the retention of this rule in the book? I don't think so, Jim. (BIG grin).

Cheers,

[Edited by Warren Willson on Feb 14th, 2001 at 12:36 AM]