Interference
 

Ground ball to the second baseman . Runner on second runs over the SS knocked her to the ground.she has no play on the ball .....do we interference ? Or just play on


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Sounds like obstruction on the SS.

On a batted ball you cannot interfere with a defender who is not the player fielding the ball. And a defender who is not in the act of fielding a batted ball cannot hinder the progress of a runner, it is obstruction. The only other question based on your post, did the runner purposely run over the SS and plow her into the ground or was it simply 2 players getting to the same place at the same time? If it was intentional, you could have an ejection on the runner.

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OBS, ejection at end of play

Just OBS

Bolded the main point of your question. Yes ,there has to be a possible play interfered with. A point that is often missed. :(

And of course, OBS.

Last year, a coach was insisting on interference with a baserunner depth F3, on a bunt on the 3rd base line. Said he never heard that rule. :rolleyes:

Trying to play Scrabble here and determine what word you were actually thinking about when you typed that. :rolleyes:

depth

mistyped the smilie, this is teasing

I guess I should have hyphenated "baserunner-depth", meaning at F3 least 60 feet from home-plate;);
so no where near a 3rd-base-line;) bunt. :D :D

[QUOTE=northbendon;1022446]Ground ball to the second baseman . Runner on second runs over the SS knocked her to the ground.she has no play on the ball .....do we interference ? Or just play on

Obstruction, unless it was intentional.

[QUOTE=Umpire@1;1022455]Then what, if intentional. Do you mean the same as RKB and Irish said above?

If she intentionally runs over the SS than you would have the ejection as Irish stated. If not intentional, then it would be obstruction and she would be protected between 2nd and 3rd.

That's not what he said. He said call obstruction. Then eject when the play is over.
If I remember correctly in NFHS you call out and eject for malicious conduct but I didn't do any high school this year so my memory is rusty.