Yankees @ Angels - Game 5 ALDS

[Kaliix]

Have you never watched a football game? Players routinely run with both feet a mere inch from the sideline for many steps. It is very possible to do that.

We are focusing on Cano reaching first base because he didn't hinder the throw. The throw was true and could have been caught. The reason Earstad didn't catch the throw was because Cano was in his line of sight. Cano being in his line of sight (screening him from the ball) is not interference if Cano is in the running lane. To not be in the running lane, he has to have one or both feet clearly outside the lane. If his feet are touching the line, his is considered in the lane.

The last three steps before the bag, when the throw was in the air, Cano was running with both feet on the line. It is my understanding of the rule that if he is outside the running lane when he interferes with the catch, it is interference.

I don't see how an umpire can call interference with a catch before the ball is in the air. When the ball was in the air, Cano was running on the line.

So interference shouldn't have been called. Unless I am misinterpreting the rule somehow.

If one wants to argue that Cano was outside the line, then we'll have to agree to disagree. I am positive about what I saw on the replays and he was running on the line. IMHO

Originally posted by UMP25
Huh??? No human being is going to run with BOTH his feet on the line. It was obvious Cano was in fair territory, outside the line. Why is everyone only focusing on his reaching first base, too? If a B-R runs out of the running lane and hinders the defense's throw or receipt of said throw, it's interference. Odss decrease, of course, the worse the throw is to first, but in this scenario, that didn't come into play.

FWIW, I wanted the Yankees to win, but I believe West made the correct call. [/B]