Controversial Interference Call

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Originally Posted by jicecone

I saw the game also and the runner may not have intentionally interfered but he did interfere. He made contact with the fielder about 1/2 second after he fielded the ball. Then fell over him trying to get to third. As a result, the attempt to get the batter-runner at first was truly hindered. Intentional or not.

I thought that they would have called out the batter-runner.

Sounds like BR is placed at 1B and runner who interfered is OUT. Interference does not have to be intentional.