Running Lane - Whose Call?

[tcarilli]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Yes, we've all seen / done this. Honestly, this is an extremely thin straw to be building the rest of your argument on. I can say truthfully that I don't recall a single case, in my 18+ years of officiating, where it was necessarily to give the "that's nothing" on runners lane interference. I doubt you have either - the play is just not as conducive to the need to tell everyone, "I saw that, and I'm ruling that as nothing", as other plays might be.

I disagree and I have done, exactly as I wrote. A BR was hit in the shoulder with a throw from the catcher while running within the runner's lane. This is only piece of my argument for not having equal and joint responsibility for this play. I have stated some of the others along the winding road of this thread.

I have found that there are some things that happen out of the ordinary that a that's-nothing mechanic is very helpful and has prevented unwarranted discussions. All I am signalling and saying is "yes, I saw that ball hit the b-r, and I have ruled that there was no interference." Similarly on other calls, but YMMV.