coaches interference

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by DG

I have never seen an R1 or R2 thrown out by an F3 who chased down an errant pickoff.

I have seen it, when the ball rebounds off the wall to F3, and he throws out the surprised runner. In any case, offensive interference results in an out. How else can you deter the offense from interfering? Merely returning the runners to their bases does nothing to discourage breaking the rules. A coach interfering is the same as a runner interfering, and we call runners out for interference.

[UmpLarryJohnson]

Originally Posted by NFump

Holy cow Batman!!! You might want to rethink this one. 1st base coach interferes (deliberately) and you're giving the offense bases?! Hmmmm....methinks thou art incorrect.

WOW sm-fitty56, u turn a phrase awful pretty-like but how are you gonna dig outa this one??

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by NFump

Holy cow Batman!!! You might want to rethink this one. 1st base coach interferes (deliberately) and you're giving the offense bases?! Hmmmm....methinks thou art incorrect.

Got that right, somewhow I read that F3 tripped R. Duuuuuhhhhhhhh!

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by fitump56

Thinks or knows?

If knows, then I advance all runners as liberally as possible. If the fence is long away, I give two bases to each, no discussion. If short, I give two bases to each and be ready to tell HC that his FBC is soo out of line, that if he wishes to have any further discussion, there will be two coahes ejected, not one, and a forfeit may well be in effect.

Dispite all the other comments concerning the errors of this statement, I have to point out another...

You award bases according to how far away the fence is? Where in the rule book is that found?? All the awards I've ever seen are based solely on the situation (where the runners were TOP or TOT, throw from F1 in contact with the rubber, ball in flight over the fence, or bounding over the fence, etc). I am overly curious as to what the distance to the fence has to do with an award on INT.

[DG]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

Dispite all the other comments concerning the errors of this statement, I have to point out another...

You award bases according to how far away the fence is? Where in the rule book is that found?? All the awards I've ever seen are based solely on the situation (where the runners were TOP or TOT, throw from F1 in contact with the rubber, ball in flight over the fence, or bounding over the fence, etc). I am overly curious as to what the distance to the fence has to do with an award on INT.

Don't feed the pigeons. They will keep coming back and crap on your house.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

You award bases according to how far away the fence is? Where in the rule book is that found?? All the awards I've ever seen are based solely on the situation (where the runners were TOP or TOT, throw from F1 in contact with the rubber, ball in flight over the fence, or bounding over the fence, etc). I am overly curious as to what the distance to the fence has to do with an award on INT.

Subject to the full discretion of the umpire to award bases as he sees fit.