Tigers-Red Sox: Fan Interference?

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Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Go to the board and write 100 times:

"Contact is not required for interference"


Then watch the video because there was. But if the ball is beyond the field boundary (face of the fence) then there cannot be fan interference by rule.

The contact to his arm came after he failed to catch it.

His knowing the fans are there and failing to catch it without them actually doing something to interfere doesn't make it interference, whether it had been in play or not.