interference

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by jumpmaster

Dang it...I got in a hurry...

let's tweak the sitch...and the fly ball to F7 is not caught...now can anyone, in anyway, justify calling BR out?

Ok, that changes things JUST A LITTLE.

Batter's hit, which entitled him to become a runner (BR), occurred prior to any illegal action. So envoking rule 8.1.1.a - A batter becomes a runner...when he hits a fair ball.

This also changes the placement of the runners. Since BR obtaining 1B on the hit forces R1 and R2 to advance they do so, bases loaded. UNLESS (and this is more possible with the force out at 3B) you judge that a possible DP was prevented by the INT. Then you indeed get two outs, BR now at 1B, R1 has moved to 2B. You get the 2nd out on R2 at 3B also if you are not sure where else the DP would have occurred. Get the runner closest to home.

That was my first thought anyway. Looking at the rule book 8.4.1.h states that a "BR is OUT if any runner or retired runner interferes in a way which obviously hinders an obvious DP." You could get R3 out for INT and BR out for the teammate's INT, return runners R1/R2 to their original bases.

So now I ask you, which thought process is correct?