Fan interference and a speedy runner

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You can do whatever you think would have happened without the fan interference.

The three most obvious choices seem to be:

a) Call R1 out becuase he wouldn't have made it back to first.
b) Put R1 at first because he would have made it back.
c) Give R1 second because he would have tagged up and advanced.

I think I would go with (a) based on the OP. He would have to be really fast to out run the throw. Unless he wants to force the defense to appeal the other bases properly.

[mbyron]

In general, I'm allowing R1 to return to 1B.

In the OP, since R1 is so close to home (and, if he's thinking there's 2 outs, probably going to touch HP), I would call R1 out as well.

The situation is going to have to be as obvious and extreme as the OP for me to get 2 outs on this play.