Coach impedes his runner - out

[DG]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

I am totally confused:

Huebner was focused on the plate. Gesell, well out of the coaches' box, was locked in on the other two runners on base and stepped into Huebner's path. Huebner bowled over Gesell and fell to the Whataburger Field turf. Huebner got up and scrambled home with the apparent tying run as the relay throw went past the catcher.

So, the 3rd base coach got tangled with his runner and they both go down. The runner gets up and makes it to the plate as the relay to F2 is overthrown.

If I have this right, where is there either interference or obstruction? If they both went down and the coach did nothing to assist the runner getting up, how can there be interference? It doesn't seem that the throw was interfered with in any way and no defensive player prevented the runner from advancing, so why was this not ruled a collision?

Please someone explain what the hell went on here!!!!

From what has been posted I think you have a great idea of what happened, train wreck between coach and runner, runner gets up unassisted and scores easily.

What some here seem to be hanging hat on is that any contact between coach and runner is interference. Not so.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by DG

From what has been posted I think you have a great idea of what happened, train wreck between coach and runner, runner gets up unassisted and scores easily.

What some here seem to be hanging hat on is that any contact between coach and runner is interference. Not so.

I think the article and coach just got it blatantly wrong, and the call was made because of the interference with the fielder.