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A fellow blue relayed this to me tonight and wondered if he made the right call. NSA fastpitch.
Runner on first. Batter hits a ball deep to the corner for a hit. As runners advance the batter runner keeps catching up with R1 to the point where she is directly behind her when they are a few feet from the plate. As the ball approached the infield, the trail runner "playfully" ( says my ump friend ) pushed R1 to the plate and then crossed it herself. He called R2 out for interference for assisting R1. I don't think he got it right. Even though it seems like something wrong happened I find nothing in the rules disallowing the action. In fact NSA 8-8-n speaks of anyone other than the another baserunner being out if they assist ( ASA 8-7-E states the same thing. R2 never passed R1.when she pushed her. The bottom line is this; is physical assistance between runners allowed so long as trail runner doesn't pass lead runner? I can't find anything ( NSA or ASA ) that specifically says its OK but it seems like it is. |
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I don't know NSA rules, but in ASA, a runner can assist another runner. There is no penalty whatsoever. Of course, if the following runner should pass the preceding runner, that's a different story.
The rule specifies an out if "anyone other than another runner" physically assists a runner. However, that can't be taken literally. If the shortstop assisted the runner . . . In fact, a following runner could carry a preceding runner around the bases legally, as long as he kept the preceding runner in front of him. Supposedly a runner once did that when the preceding runner collapsed in a 19th century professional game. According to the story, the runner, unbeknownst to everyone, had actually died. [Edited by greymule on Jul 31st, 2003 at 10:13 PM]
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Agreed... one runner may assist another - it is not interference.
A runner who passes a leading runner is out, but that is an entirely different infraction.
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