Interference?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally posted by WhatWuzThatBlue
7.09 is a good start (I don't know what an OBR Case Book is, but I digress).

The first thing you need to establish is the type of contact that occured. If it was incidental, we have nothing, play on. If the batter intentionally ran into him, you've got another thing altogether. I've never seen a catcher purposely try to obstruct a batter/runner on this type of play. He is usually too busy trying to field the ball to get caught up in any shenanigans. That said, there's always a first tme and I'll be on my toes.


I know that I've seen this question a few times before.
(Head scratch...???)

My answer was sufficient to cover the entire situation. It stood alone on its own merits. The gray shaded area in the OBR book is known as "The Case Book of the Official Playing Rules Committee." The material in the gray shaded boxes "interprets and elaborates on the language of the Official Rules..."

The fact that you have seen the question before is also irrelevant, since the "search" function is disabled on this forum, and it is likely that topics will get recycled.