LL rules

[benbret]

two out R1 on third R2 on second. BR hits a single. As R2 gets to third, basecoach pushes him toward home. After play, BU calls R2 out for being touched by a coach and says that R1 run does not count. Is this correct?

[mattmets]

If R3 had touched home before R2 was contacted by the coach, score the run. If R3 had not yet reached home, no run.

[Rcichon]

Yes timing is involved. See:

7.09(i) & PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE

Ball is dead at the time of Interference.

[NFump]

Wouldn't the ball still be live in the case of coach's interference or assistance as this case is?

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by NFump

Wouldn't the ball still be live in the case of coach's interference or assistance as this case is?

Yes, it is. OBR is screwed up. It's a delayed dead ball by interpretations.

[bluezebra]

Originally Posted by bossman72

Yes, it is. OBR is screwed up. It's a delayed dead ball by interpretations.

By whose interpretations?

OBR RULE 2 DEFINITIONS..INTERFERENCE

(a) Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat which interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses any fielder attempting to make a play. If the umpire declares the batter, batter runner, or a runner out for interference, all other runners shall return to the last base that was in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the interference, unless otherwise provided by these rules. In the event the batter runner has not reached first base, all runners shall return to the base last occupied at the time of the pitch.
On any interference the ball is dead.

7.09 It is interference by a batter or a runner when-

(i) In the judgment of the umpire, the base coach at third base, or first base, by touching or holding the runner, physically assists him in returning to or leaving third base or first base.

PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE:

The runner is out and the ball is dead.

Read it and weep. Where do you see "delayed dead ball", ANYWHERE?

Bob