Your call??

[Sco53]

Originally Posted by Rich

I would call this interference every time under any rule set.

NCAA: Ball's within the immediate reach of the fielder. The fielder's still protected. (Approved Ruling)

NFHS: Ball's within a step and a reach. The fielder's still protected.

OBR: Ball's within a step and a reach. The fielder's still protected. MLBUM.

On top of all of these, the runner seems to alter his path to go at the fielder when he had every opportunity to avoid. The fielder did not move right or left, here.

I'm with Rich, the BR clearly changed direction to get a shot at the pitcher

[soundedlikeastrike]

I agree with INT and MC, from OBR stand point.
F1 didn't get a chance to pick up the ball as he was trying to protect himself IMO, INT.
Then the purposeful contact, MC.

Good base running IMO would have taken the runner outside and into foul territory in a valid attempt to reach the base, which he'd a probably made.

I do find it interesting that both PU and BU simultaneously signaled safe as in nothing there? Did the box score indicate if a runner was allowed to take the ejected runners place at 1B?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by soundedlikeastrike

I agree with INT and MC, from OBR stand point.
F1 didn't get a chance to pick up the ball as he was trying to protect himself IMO, INT.
Then the purposeful contact, MC.

Good base running IMO would have taken the runner outside and into foul territory in a valid attempt to reach the base, which he'd a probably made.

I do find it interesting that both PU and BU simultaneously signaled safe as in nothing there? Did the box score indicate if a runner was allowed to take the ejected runners place at 1B?

Impossible. OBR doesn't have MC.

[soundedlikeastrike]

Originally Posted by Matt

Impossible. OBR doesn't have MC.

Stands for "my call", no. But, all youth/amateur OBR based leagues I've been associated, have something to toss a player for crashing somebody..

Apologies if the term MC doesn't fit, just handy..

The OP, in my game would get you tossed, simply for the un-sportsmanship-ness of it, this ain't hockey fella's. There will always be train wrecks, this ain't one.

Still wanna know why at a minimum no INT? Maybe the angle they had it appeared F1 was giving up on the ball? But looked purely defensive to me, in my book, INT regardless of the contact. I mean you fake a karate chop at a guy trying to field a ball, I don't care if you touch him or not you probably interfered.

[JJ]

Can anyone post the ultimate ruling(s) from the NCAA? Who/how many got dumped and who/how many were suspended?
Looked to me like a LOT of folks "joined the fight"...

JJ

[DG]

Originally Posted by JJ

Can anyone post the ultimate ruling(s) from the NCAA? Who/how many got dumped and who/how many were suspended?
Looked to me like a LOT of folks "joined the fight"...

JJ

According to box score, "Top 8th - UF Zack Powers & Danny Young; FSU's DJ Stewart - ejected Bot 8th - UF Justin Shafer - ejected"

Powers was F3, Young F1, Stewart BR. Shafer was a pitcher so he must have done something in bottom 8th to get EJ.

[bob jenkins]

The NCAA video has this play and says that the umpires should have ruled interference.