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Originally posted by BigUmp56
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Originally posted by GarthB
In the HR case book play the ball was dead so there is no interference by the coach during a dead ball.
So, playing devil;s advocate: Batter hits the ball over the center field fence. He rounds first and misses the bag. The first base coach reaches out and grabs him and pulls him back to touch the bag.
Whatcha got?
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Good question Mr. Benham. I have coaches interference here. The base coach has attempted to deprive the defense's opportunity to appeal. I might also be sending the base coach to the parking lot for coming on the field.
I wondered back in 1999 when Big Mac hit his record breaking home run and missed first base if coaches interference might have been called had it not been such a big play.
Tim.
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My game journal is approaching 4000 games. In all that time, I've had
ONE interference call on a first-base coach. The third-base coach, my American Legion partner the previous summer, came rushing down: "When I saw Bobby do it, I said to myself, 'He's gonna call it!'"
R1. He takes his lead, the pitcher throws over, he goes back into the base
standing up. The first baseman tags him strongly a la Kent Hrbek.
Parenthetically, here's what baseballlibrary.com has to say about that famous play that helped Minnesota win the 1991 World Series:
[Gant tries to return to first.] Although Gant reached the bag safely, he was struggling to keep his balance when Hrbek subtly pushed his leg off the base and applied a tag. Gant was called out, ending the inning.
The subtle push was a hard tag on the air-borne leg.
Gant fell off the base. R1 at Pharr didn't - because the first-base coach steadied him until he regained his balance. Old Smitty, in B, did nothing.
I called him out.
When Smitty wanted to know why I'd busted in on "his" play, I said that I knew he'd been straightlined and couldn't see. Smitty was not known for busting to get an angle.
Wed Nov 30, 2005, 04:49pm
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