Little league. R1, grounder between 2B and 1B, as second baseman is fielding the ball, R1 sort of jumps over him, lightly touching his back almost like a hurdle but not affecting his clean fielding of the ball. BR is easily thrown out at first. Should R1 be out for interference even though it didnt affect the play at 1B? (he never even thought about throwing to 2B for an attempted double play...)Thanks, -Tony

Nope. He did not interfere and he made an attempt to avoid the fielder (in his own unique way) so there is no interference.

Thank you! I hate to do this but...what if he "bobbled" the ball or made an errant throw to first? Is it then my judgement whether the mistake was due to the interference? Or is that enough of an infraction for the runner to be out?

Some things are better off not seen. Lightly brushed with no contact by rule would be interference but I probably would just not see the brush. If he touches him and the fielder misplays, I do not know that the misplay was not due to the contact and I just call the interference.
JMHO

Have fun out there.

It's your judgement. You have to decide if there was contact and if that contact resulted in interference.

In FED, hurdling is illegal.

I am unaware of any LL rule which specifically outlaws hurdling. The language is usually "must avoid" or "must go around" in situations where hurdling might come up.

Don't forget that there is no "intent" involved when a runner interferes with the fielding of a batted ball (unless runner is standing on a base).

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I was under the impression that a runner could only hurdle a fielder if the fielder was laying on the ground. What if the runner decided to delay the a tag by stopping and running back toward first base is there a rule that prohibits the runner from doing this? If so, please tell me where I can find it in the book. I had a play similar to this in a game this year.

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That's the FED rule, yes.

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What if the runner decided to delay the a tag by stopping and running back toward first base is there a rule that prohibits the runner from doing this? If so, please tell me where I can find it in the book. I had a play similar to this in a game this year.

It's legal to run back to (or toward) the prior base.