Just curious...

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by MadCityRef

8-4-2 a&b

Yes it is. Runner can't attempt to alter play of the fielder. Ya get 2 outs.

If you're talking about FED rules, 8-4-2(a) concerns a runner moving more than 3 feet out of his base path. It doesn't apply.

Show me a rule in any code that says "attempting" to interfere is sufficient to call interference on a runner. 8-4-2(b) does not say that, nor does 2-21-1, which defines interference.

I think it was not called because no umpire saw it, and I think no umpire saw it partly because the contact had so little effect. If so, then you'd be hard pressed to say that the contact was illegal or interference.