coaches interference

[DG]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

How can you say that F3 wouldn't have ran down the ball, turned and thrown to a base and got an out?

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

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

How can you say that F3 wouldn't have ran down the ball, turned and thrown to a base and got an out?

Originally Posted by DG

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

Not picking on you personally but it this kind of all too frequent comment that makes me wonder what planet Off.com Forum posters live on.

I cannot count the numerous times that R1 has been picked at 2B by F3 when there is a short fence behind the 1B bag. Dozens, for sure, hundreds, maybe.

[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.