Runner Interference - Phils - Rockies ?

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Wed Oct 14, 2009, 08:01pm

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

It is illegal to hurdle, jump or leap over a fielder unless the fielder is lying on the ground. Rule 8-4-2 and Casebook 8.4.2 T and U. The runner is declared out and the "dangerous" and "illegal" acts supersede obstruction. The ball remains live unless the runner alters the fielder's play or makes contact with the fielder, in which case the ball is dead immediately for interference.

So, then, as Bob wrote, hurdling, in and of itself, is not interference.

Last edited by Ump153; Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:47pm.

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