Interference then Collision-Did they get it right

[Adam]

I'm probably thinking about this wrong, but isn't the run "awarded" so that anything that happens after would be punished after the awarding of the run? I'm probably thinking about this too much like a basketball official, though, so feel free to dismiss my question if that's the case.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Regarding the play in the OP. I believe that the contact between R1 and F2 is a HTBT situation.

BUT, lets (make an) a$$ (of) u (and) me that R1 was running full bore toward HP when F1's illegal contact knocks him off stride. Even if R1 is no more that two strides away from HP when the illegal contact by F1 occurs, it could be enough to cause R1 not to recover from the illegal contact in time to control his movement toward HP and thereby avoid a violent collision with F2 that is not MC.

Just my two cents worth.

MTD, Sr.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Regarding the play in the OP. I believe that the contact between R1 and F2 is a HTBT situation.

BUT, lets (make an) a$$ (of) u (and) me that R1 was running full bore toward HP when F1's illegal contact knocks him off stride. Even if R1 is no more that two strides away from HP when the illegal contact by F1 occurs, it could be enough to cause R1 not to recover from the illegal contact in time to control his movement toward HP and thereby avoid a violent collision with F2 that is not MC.

Just my two cents worth.

MTD, Sr.

If the second collision is a result of the runner not having control of himself as a result of the first, then there cannot be MC.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I'm probably thinking about this wrong, but isn't the run "awarded" so that anything that happens after would be punished after the awarding of the run? I'm probably thinking about this too much like a basketball official, though, so feel free to dismiss my question if that's the case.

Not exactly. The base is awarded, but the runner is still required to run the bases legally (esp. in this context, no MC).

And the ball is live, so subsequent action counts.

[celebur]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I'm probably thinking about this wrong, but isn't the run "awarded" so that anything that happens after would be punished after the awarding of the run?

I suspect that is exactly what the crew in the OP were thinking--they had MC but thought the run scored anyway because of the OBS award. If so, then as others have already demonstrated, the MC should have superceded the OBS, and the run shouldn't have scored.