NFHS RLV You Make the Call

[PeteBooth]

[QUOTE=UmpJM (nee CoachJM);670022]UmpTT,

I guess you could say FED uses the "intervening play" philosophy because in all three sitches in Tim's OP, the play at the plate "stands" and any remaining runners are returned to their TOI (rather than TOP) bases.

But FED doesn't really need the "intervening play" concept because the "default" rule in FED is that on interference, runners return to their TOI base, not their TOP base.

Not all Interference in FED is from TOI. The EXCEPTION as Bob pointed out is the FPSR.

Example:

R1/R2 - hit an run. Ground ball to F6 who throws to F4 to start the 6-4-3 DP. When F4 receives the throw from F6, R2 is already on third at this point(it was a Hit/Run sitch), R1 slides illegally into second base.

The call is

1. TIME
2. that's interference
3. R1 and B1 are out
4. R2 (now R3) is returned to second base.

Therefore, even though R2 had reached 3rd base at TOI because it was a FPSR violation he returns to his TOP base.

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