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Coach interference
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... Last edited by jmkupka; Wed Apr 23, 2014 at 04:05pm. |
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You don't mention the rule code, but I just found what I think is a complication of defining team member and team personnel in the Fed rulebook.
In this case, rule 7-5-12 Batter is out : offensive team members (excluding a runner or retire runner) shall not interfere with will a fair batted ball or a foul fly ball. This would seem to be the rule to use, except: we have a definition of team member are players listed on the teams roster and lineup as submitted to the umpire at the pre game conference. Since the rule says offensive team members shall not interfere and coaches are not offensive team members by definition, the rule technically does not apply to coaches. I personally think 7-5-12 should be amended to say team members and team personnel shall not interfere..... |
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Under interference: Coach it references 7-4-12 and 8-6-16. This is one thing I hate about the NFHS rules in multiple sports, they run you around in circles trying to find the correct answer. Since the coach is not a team member, I can't see 7-4-12 being applied (under this years rules) because of the term team member in 7-4-12, thus the applicable rules must be 3-4-5 and 8-6-16, both of which state under the penalty that the runner closest to home is out. I don't agree with this. In my opinion, the batter should be out, because they would be the person out had the interference not occurred. |
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Apply 7-4-12, as the index suggests; it is the rule that was used (and remains intended to be used) PRIOR to the new definitions. Simply consider it an editorial change that failed to be made (team member changed to team personnel) when they decided they needed the new definitions.
Sometimes it is beneficial to stop responding to yourself en masse and listen to what others are saying. Sounds like you are arguing with yourself, and losing.
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Also, you site that rule says use 7-4-12. The rulebook index also does reference rules 3-5-5 and 8-6-16 as interference by a coach. Given the way the rules are, it is not as clear cut as it seems with using 7-4-12 for the ruling. You may disagree, but I can not use the 2013 rulebook to make a call in the 2014 season, even if the change is just an editorial change. The simple FACT is 7-4-12 does not apply to a coach who is in the coaches box and interferes with a foul fly. |
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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. |
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