Coach interference

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by jmkupka

Low fly ball near 3B coach's box. Coach make an effort to get out of the way, but contact is made with F5, and the ball is not caught. Ordinary effort would have caught it absent the contact.

Trying to find the rule that has the batter-runner out... does 8.7.O cover it?

No intent here, and I'm not clear if "interferes with the defensive team’s opportunity to make a play on another runner" does it.

In or out of the coach's box not relevant, of course...

The applicable rule may be 8-6-16. The rule covers interference by a coach or non-runner team member with an opportunity to make a play.

In this case, the runner closest to home would be called out, not the batter (unless the bases are empty then they are the runner closest to home).

In this case, based on the wording of the rule, and use of the word team members in 7-4-12, the only applicable rule would be 8-6-16.