interference question

[MJT]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

I think that once an umpire starts looking at things in terms of how important a situation is or who gets rewarded and whether that team deserves to be rewarded ... or thinking about whether the results of a play/decision are FAIR - we start getting ourselves into trouble.

Rule on what you SEE ... don't concern yourself with importance of a situation, or whether a "reward" is fair or deserved. Just decide, simply (in this case) - did the batter interfere with a play? From what you say, sounds like a yes to me. Then implement the penalty.

The ball was in the dugout a split second after it hit the batter in the helmet. The PU asked me to come in from the my position between 1st-2nd to discuss it with him so we had time to talk about it. I think we got it right.