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Old Tue Jul 08, 2008, 07:06am
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Mets (10) @ Philly (9) on 7-July-08
Us get together and reverse a fan interference call to a HR.

Ball clearly was touched by fans who reached over the fence.

What is the correct call?
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Old Tue Jul 08, 2008, 08:16am
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The issue is whether the ball would have gone over the fence absent the interference. The crew evidently ruled that it would have: HR. This need not reverse a fan INT call, btw.

If they had ruled otherwise, then the ball would have been dead on the INT and they would have placed the runners (often a double for BR and other runners score). Since this is not a two base award ("ground rule double") they can (but need not) award R1 home.
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Old Tue Jul 08, 2008, 12:03pm
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They did rule fan interference and then got together and decided that the ball (in their judgement) would have left the field. Batter was awarded 4 bases on the fan interference.

(I thought they got it right FWIW)
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Old Tue Jul 08, 2008, 02:30pm
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They did rule fan interference and then got together and decided that the ball (in their judgement) would have left the field. Batter was awarded 4 bases on the fan interference.

(I thought they got it right FWIW)
How can you have interference if the umpires ruled it was a home run?

Do you mean they waved off the interference?
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Old Tue Jul 08, 2008, 02:54pm
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How can you have interference if the umpires ruled it was a home run?

Do you mean they waved off the interference?
They determined that without the fan interference, it would have been a home run. Therefore, the fan interference is enforced, resulting in a home run. If they had waved off the interference, it would have gone as however many bases the runner advanced.
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Old Tue Jul 08, 2008, 03:10pm
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When a fan touches the ball over the field of play, that's fan interference, and the ball is dead. It only appears that the INT was "waved off" because a HR is a dead ball award, so no further ball-killing was required, and because there's no need to place runners.

But notice that the award of a HR is itself for fan interference: the ball did not clear the wall in flight.
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