Help with an interference call.

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Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Question 1: Did the scored runner impede/hinder a fielder making a play on the ball.

Judgment call.

If Yes (as in the case of the OP, F2 was about to field, or as I said, it could be a fielder backing up the play in the case of an errant throw), then...

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Question 2: Did that fielder have a play on another runner.

No. You cannot project something that never occurred. If he intentionally interferes with the throw, by rule, you penalize by calling out the closest runner to the plate.

If Yes (as in the case of the OP, B/R was advancing to 2nd), then...

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Enforce Interference.

It's all in the rules - you can't ignore it just cause you don't like it or think it shouldn't be that way. The relevant rules were already outlined in this thread, so I won't badger anymore.

In my opinion you are applying rules that are not applicable to the sequence of this play.