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Originally Posted by rzrbkfan2004

The ball was hit on the SS side of 2nd base. It was actually behind the baseline. The SS tried to make the catch, but failed to touch it and when the ball hit the ground it had some crazy spin on it and struck the baserunner who was off of the base.

oh...then out...interference

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

oh...then out...interference

Why? The shortstop had an opportunity to catch the ball, missed it, and nobody else had a play on the ball. Live ball. Razor said it was behind the baseline, which I think is past the runner's position. The ball must have had backspin on it like Phil Mickelson's 64 degree lob wedge, and spun back into the runner.

I just don't see any interference here. If the runner had been hit with the ball before F6 had an opportunity to field the ball, then it would have been.