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Originally posted by Roger Greene
Close.
The runner who interfers is out, the ball is dead, and runners return to last base touched before the interference, unless the umpire judges that the interference prevented a double play. Then the runner closest to home (most softball codes)is also declared out.
Roger Greene
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Even closer.
ASA 8.2.F states that the umpire can also rule the runner closest to home out if they believe the interference was "an obvious attempt to prevent a double play."
So, the interference alone is not a determining factor, but the umpire's judgment of intent.
Sun Sep 28, 2003, 08:35pm
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