interference?

[MD Longhorn]

I'm still looking for "player is doing what she's supposed to do" in the rulebook. It must be there, as it keeps coming up wrt various different rules... but I can never find it.

Read the Interference rule... did batter break any of them? Is any item under "the runner is out when..." true in your sitch? If so, you have an out. if not, you don't.

(As an aside ... there's no rule that states this batter must "vacate the congested area". There are just rules that tell us when a batter has interfered and when she hasn't. Not saying she SHOULDN'T leave the area -- as leaving makes it MUCH less likely that she'll break one of those rules. But the coach misnomer that she MUST leave is simply incorrect.)

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I'm still looking for "player is doing what she's supposed to do" in the rulebook. It must be there, as it keeps coming up wrt various different rules... but I can never find it.

Read the Interference rule... did batter break any of them? Is any item under "the runner is out when..." true in your sitch? If so, you have an out. if not, you don't.

(As an aside ... there's no rule that states this batter must "vacate the congested area". There are just rules that tell us when a batter has interfered and when she hasn't. Not saying she SHOULDN'T leave the area -- as leaving makes it MUCH less likely that she'll break one of those rules. But the coach misnomer that she MUST leave is simply incorrect.)

OK, I'll read more.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

OK, I'll read more.

Was really replying to "Plate ump rules no interference because of the idea that the batter was doing what she was supposed to do." although I do see that you used the phrase too.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Was really replying to "Plate ump rules no interference because of the idea that the batter was doing what she was supposed to do." although I do see that you used the phrase too.

Where? Because I don't believe in that slant and want to "un-post" it.

[Little Jimmy]

Thanks to all for the clarity. Sometimes things are simpler than they first appear.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Where? Because I don't believe in that slant and want to "un-post" it.

I don't see it now. My bad!