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Obstruction/interference on batted ball
Hi Guys,
I know we talked about this a little while ago but I forget what the general consensus was. Here is a question from a website: Runner on first…no outs. The batter smashes a line drive back up the middle…the pitcher stabs at it with his glove hand but only manages to deflect it onto the ground toward second. The second baseman charges in to field the ball as the runner from first accidentally collides with him/her. The second baseman had a legitimate chance of retiring the batter-runner. WHO’ OUT? The site called R1 out and BR placed at first. I remember the conversation talked about playing a batted ball and the proximity of the defence after they first touched it. Is there a general rule such as: - desperation deflection treated as if the ball wasn't touched at all. - bobbled by fielder and within reasonable distance (1 or maybe 2 steps) the defensive player is still protected from obstruction. - straight error on defense, no protection and subject to be called on obstruction OR is it always a HTBT call?? Basically when does the ball lose it "batted" status and it is changed to a "thrown or fielded" status? |
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If a fielder still has a play, then the fielder is protected.
If the fielder is merely "chasing a loose ball" then he is not protected. As always, contacting the fielder is different from contacting the ball. |
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bwbuddy,
Presuming the umpire judged the contact unintentional, that's "nothing". Live ball, play the bounce. JM
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bwbuddy,
That is correct. Below is the discussion from the MLBUM. Quote:
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About the same situation under FED where the fielder ran in front of F4 and got hit by a deflected fly ball. I ruled the runner out because the ball was playable and was still considered a "fly" ball.
Another game under FED where the ball hit BU in the "C" spot and was deflected toward F5. The runner ran in front of F5 and was hit by the ball. In both of these games I rules outs. |
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According to JM's reference the deflected fly ball contact is not an out either. |
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charliej47,
Why don't you try reading the cite I posted a little more slowly and see if you can understand it. Then, go read the Rule 2.0 definition of "Umpire Interference" ( (c)(2) ), Rule 5.09(f) (and don't skip the "comment"!), and 6.08(d). Think how they might all be combined to make a proper ruling on the 2nd sitch you describe. Then, come back here and post why both of the calls you described are 100% wrong. JM
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This was a softball game and on the "fly ball", I called the runner out as the runner prevented F4 from catching the ball. On the "hit umpire", I stand corrected for FED rules as we were playing under them. One of the rule sets for softball stated that an umpire is to be considered as part of the ground. I do not remember which set it is/was as I have stopped doing any thing but ASA, baseball and high school. When you do different rule sets it is very easy to apply the wrong set during a game.
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