BR Hinders Throw Home

[shagpal]

manny, just to give you another twist, what if F3 steps on first base to retire the BR, and then BR contacts the thrown ball going home. what you got?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Running lane has no bearing on anything here.

The question is going to come down to "what did the BR do to interfere with the play"

I don't see anything offered to rule INT in any of the scenarios offered.

[MD Longhorn]

The running lane is irrelevant - the play is identical to the case play. No INT.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by shagpal

manny, just to give you another twist, what if F3 steps on first base to retire the BR, and then BR contacts the thrown ball going home. what you got?

No different than when R1 is heading for second on a ground ball, is retired on the front end of the double play, and F4/F6 pivots to throw to first and hits the retired R1 who is still somewhere between the two bases. Unless R1 did something to interfere, in the umpire's judgment, it is nothing.

So when you say "BR contacts the thrown ball", that implies she did something to interfere. If you had said "the thrown ball hits the BR", it would likely be nothing.