Just an interesting game

[Andy]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

R1 on 2B. B hits ground ball to F6. R1 passes immediatly in front of F6, who was attempting to field the ground ball, but had to flinch to avoid R1. DEAD BALL INT, award B 1B. This might deserve its own thread, but in spite of the INT, F6 throw to 1B actually beat BR. I "think" we ruled properly by awarding B 1B, but it seems counter intuitive to penalize the defense for an infraction committed by the offense. Did we get this one right? After all how can you get a put out after the ball has already been declared as Dead?

As previously stated, you got it right.

I had pretty much this same play in a rec league game a few years back, with the difference being that I had the defensive coach on the field asking why he didn't get to have BOTH outs!

I explained the immediate dead ball aspect of interference and how nothing else can happen after the call is made. He didn't like it, grumbled a bit, but managed to keep himself in the game.