Cardinals - Marlins game, batter interference.

[Jerry]

Thank-you, Sal and Pete:
I was on the side of the MLB umpires . . . and trying to discuss why they all agreed on what they did. I'm gratified to see that not only did I get the call incorrect; so did they. I'm in pretty good company, I think.

To Tim and Carl (in particular):
I am very respectfull of each of your knowledge, experience and connections. I would never dream of trying arguing with either one of you regarding rules and interpretations. I was simply trying to tell the original poster that the rules are the same under all codes, and trying to justify why Doug made the call he did. Nothing more; nothing less.

To Carl:
You were indeed calm on your replies. The "sarcastic" note was meant for Tim and my being put on the "non-expert" part of his column. I assure you, if there's anyone that tries to get to the bottom of a rule interpretation, it's me. I've won a ton of coffee bets by simply producing some of your columns from Referee over the years; and some of your wisdom of today.

Jerry