R3 blocks thrown ball from F2-F5

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Originally Posted by Canary

Actually I was the AC for the runner.

Although intentional was not flagrant or flamboyant, she knew the catcher was picking them off on third like flies on dung. I felt she knew it was coming. They didn't call her out. But I felt she deserved to be called out. Especially since when she made no effort to get back to the base or to avoid the thrown ball. It probably is going to be a judgment call. Intentional or not, at what point do we relieve the runner of the responsibility to avoid interference?

If they make no effort to avoid a wild pitch, and get hit..no base awarded. If they hang over the strike zone and get hit they get a strike called, if they hit a batted ball before a fielder can attempt to filed it they are out.

Until that runner grows eyes on the back of her head to know where the ball is at, no umpire in their right mind is going to call her out. The runner had every right to run where she was running, and she made no obvious effort to interfere with the throw.

Coach, you're not going to get this call.