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With one out and a runner on first, B1 hits a ground ball to F4 who fields the ball cleanly. She runs toward R1 who broke toward second bases and decided to backpedal toward first base to break up the double play. My partner called an out on R1 for running backwards(in the reverse direction) in the baseline. R1 never left the baseline and did not interfere with any fielder trying to make a play. He simply stopped and backed up to avoid being tagged by F4. Was my partner correct on this play? If so what rule would apply? (ASA) As a side note, after the play was over R1 was ejected from the game for very loudly disagreeing with UIC call. Please give me some help. This player is going to corner me at the next game and ask me if I agreed with the call. What a mess!!
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Secondly, your partner needs for read the rule book. He kicked the call and should be informed of such before he does it again and loses a protest.
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Let me chime in as agreeing with the previous posters about never answering or offering an opinion about a call that you did not make. That is one of those professional courtesies that should always be respected in the umpiring bidness!!!
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You have to be careful though. When you're relaxing between games at a tournament and a fan from some other field comes up and asks you, "Hey ump, could you please tell me the rule on . . . ," you can bet something happened in the game his daughter just finished.
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I have question RE: this scenario but this
time it is the BATTER/RUNNER between HOME and 1st. Batter hits slow grounder up 1st base line that is fielded by the pitcher who intends to tag batter/runner out. Meanwhile, runner on 1st (R1) heads for 2nd. Batter/runner stops to make pitcher come towards him to buy time for R1 to make it safely to second. Batter/runner then backs up towards home to buy MORE time/distract pitcher so R1 MIGHT continue on to 3rd. Does the fielder have to tag out/throw to 1st or is the batter/runner called out immediately when his forward motion towards 1st stops/reverses? If he is called out, perhaps that is what the ump in the original question here was thinking and applied.
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It is an immediate call, the BR is out, the ball is dead and all runners return to the last base attained at the time the "interference" was ruled.
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