Interferance?

[cbfoulds]

Originally posted by mcrowder
How can you NOT kill the ball? It is under the control of the offense. If someone asks me why I killed the ball, I say, "Because it was under control of the offense".

{SNIP....]

And even though Tee was disqualified from responding by the original poster , I'm curious to see if he agrees here. (Although he may not comment at all, as we started in boogerland are rapidly approaching TWP-land).

Back-to-front: please note that the TWP's are the ones in your post suggesting that things will go south if the ball is not made dead. In the overwhelming majority of the few instances where this issue will arise, NOTHING bad will happen unless you kill the ball:

As our scene opens: BR, after being awarded a free pass to 1st, reached down, picks up ball, hands it to F2, and continues to 1st, where he stands, casually removing his batting glove and talking to his coach ...

Ump[mc]: [As BR picks up the ball] Time!

D Coach: Huh? Why? [BR continues to base as described above ..]

mc: Ball was controlled by the offense.

DC: That's interference!! He's out on interference! Call him out!!!!!

mc: No, it's not interference, the ball's just dead 'cause there MIGHT be interference.

DC: [sputtering and starting to foam at the mouth]: Whddya mean it's not interference, he touched the ball!! You called time!! Ain't no rule for a dead ball if there might be interference: it is or ain't!! He touched a live ball on the field of play and you called TIME!! He's gotta be out, you said so yourself, it could be interference!!

mc: Now, coach .....[Off. coach arrives on scene, already sputtering ...] [at this point, there is a timely failure of the lights, and we leave our players as the scene fades from black to darker ...]

[Edited by cbfoulds on Mar 9th, 2005 at 12:40 PM]