Groundball to field ON the bag

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by CoachPaul

Unless I'm mistaken, TOP only matters if making awards. R1 had reached 2nd before the possible interference. He acquired it. It's his. No interference. 7.08b comment protects that runner unless he intentionally interferes. All I see here is a close and clean play at second base resulting in the runner being safe. Also, 4.6 in the PBUC references the same thing...being in contact with a legally occupied base (a base arrived at legally) and hindering the play is only interference if intentional.

I can see that side too. That being said, I think I could sell intentional contact too.

I'd love to see a clip of something like this.