Interference or not?

[UmpJM]

Dr. Bill,

The runner was properly declared out under 7.08(q)2(c):

"Approved Ruling: If a runner, who has not batted the ball out of play over fair territory, receives congratulations from an "other teammate", who is not a runner, as he is about to legally score a run, and the congratulatory gesture involves physical contact which occurs above the horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, said runner shall be decalred out and his run shall be nullified. "

I mean, what's unclear about that.

Oops, wait a minute. You said you were playing Little League, not CalvinBall.

Never mind.

The umpire is a moron and should be "sentenced" to four weeks of umpiring only T-Ball games. And five "Hail Marys".

JM