U3K and Interference

[DaveASA/FED]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

"Interferes with" and "gets hit by" are two COMPLETELY different things.

If a batter-runner INTERFERES WITH a thrown ball (part 3 of this same rule), he's out. If a batter-runner GETS HIT BY a thrown ball that hits him in the back (or clips him in the heel ... like the OP), it's nothing.

Same on D3K. Same rule - different lines.

Yet for some reason you guys want to create a higher standard of avoidance on the BR for part 6 than any sane umpire would for part 3.

I don't disagree with your thrown ball analogy but I beleive the more important analogy is what happens on a hit ball. A D3K is a ball that has been put in play much like a hit ball. If the BR hits a ball and starts to 1B and the ball bounces up and hits them (out of the batters box) are they out? Yes, even if they didn't do anything. So I think we need to have the same thought pattern we would on a d3k as we do on a hit ball, not compare it to a thrown ball.