Retired BR interference

[Dave Reed]

Originally Posted by urgone

Thanks Dave....no I think I'm reading the BRD correctly. It has that same passage regards 5-3 in there. It is pretty clear though in play 132-282:
R1 on 1B, B1 pops out to F9, B1 continues to advance to 2B, F9 thinking that is R1 throws to 2B wildly...throw goes into DBT: RULING - Fed you put R1 at 3B, NCAA & OBR you call out R1.

Interesting. I have the 2004 BRD, and it of course has the same interps, since they were communicated in 1999 and 2000. It has three plays, two of which involve a throw striking a retired runner (no interference), and one which involves a runner forced out at second, who then gets in a rundown between 2nd and 3rd. CC says this runner would have interfered in NCAA and OBR provided the B/R advanced to 2nd during the "rundown".

Frankly, I don't see how Carl could have come up with the ruling you've paraphrased, given the interps from Thurston and Fitzpatrick.