3 Foot Lane

[DRJ1960]

B1 slaps and ends up two or three steps in front of the plate. She runs directly towsrd 1st base and is outside the 3 foot lane when F2 releases her throw towards 1st base. B1 is not waving or yelling etc. The throw sails into right field. Do you have interference? Please give reference.

[Dakota]

Depends (on the umpire's judgment). Was this a wild throw, or did the BR interfere with the fielder taking the throw at 1B? Note that the running lane interference is with the fielder at 1B, not with the fielder making the throw. Wild throw is just that - a wild throw, not interference. ASA 8-2-E.

[CecilOne]

Also, which I think is implied in the OP, the runner must have passed the 30 foot mark at the time of the "inteference: if there is any. The time of the release of the throw is not the point, it's where the runner is at the TOI.

[DRJ1960]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Depends (on the umpire's judgment). Was this a wild throw, or did the BR interfere with the fielder taking the throw at 1B? Note that the running lane interference is with the fielder at 1B, not with the fielder making the throw. Wild throw is just that - a wild throw, not interference. ASA 8-2-E.

B1 is nowhere near F3 nor is she gesturing, yelling etc.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

B1 is nowhere near F3 nor is she gesturing, yelling etc.

As Dakota said "Wild throw is just that - a wild throw, not interference. ASA 8-2-E.".
Looks like a no-call to me.

[KJUmp]

Speaking NCAA...Ditto Dakota and CecilOne.
NCAA 12.2.4.2

[BretMan]

Agree with the ASA interpretation. Will take your word for it on the NCAA version.

Didn't NFHS at one time publish an interpretation that if the runner is out of the lane and the umpire judges that is the reason for a bad throw, then it could be ruled as interference?

For example: B/R is out of lane and catcher throws over her head to avoid hitting her, which in turn causes the throw to sail over the head of the fielder receiving the throw. Since the runner's position may have caused the bad throw, you could rule that as interference.

Or am I "misremembering"?