Mike,

POE #32.

Just the first few lines.

"Interference is defined as the act of an offensive player or
team member which impeds, hinders or confuses a defensive player,
attempting to excute a play. It may be in the form of physical
contact, <u>verbal distraction</u>, visual distraction, or any type
of distraction which would hinder the fielder in the execution
of the play."

In order to have a play, the ball must the delivered by the pitcher.
I believe you could call this and sell it. Mostly in the younger
ages, but it would be confusing, hindering and even impeding
[to retard in movement or progress by means of hindrnace.]

Realize it is far fetched, butttt....

glen

This comment is on the general situation of a B becoming a BR via BOB ;)

(see separate thread for what used to be here.)

[Edited by Dakota on Aug 30th, 2003 at 11:19 AM]

No, I did not even remotely insinuate that, please don't put words into my mouth. I responded directly to the scenario you offered.

Since most catcher's have less of a clue than the umpires when asking for help, taking direction from their coaches, if it is not ruled a swing, tough, it is just a DMC.

Besides, can someone please tell me how often a D3K which gets away from the catcher is going to contact the BR running in fair territory as the ball is coming most likely from the foul side of the 1B line? And when it does, isn't that an indication the defense most likely set up improperly to receive the throw at 1B?

I'm not saying it's impossible, but it isn't likely to be the majority of the time.

And, if anyone remembers, we were talking about a walk here, not the dream plays which seems to dominate the convesation.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by gsf23
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
[B]

And, if anyone remembers, we were talking about a walk here, not the dream plays which seems to dominate the convesation.


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I thought we were talking about a battted ball to F6 with R2 advancing....but that was 4 pages ago.

Roger Greene

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Roger Greene
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by gsf23
[B]True, Roger. Caught in the trap I try to avoid. As I've said before, we need to keep the threads separate. When the scenario morphs into something different from the original, we need to start a new thread.

Shame on me for following the path.