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Runner interference with catcher
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Guest Scott B
A runner attempting to score from third base on a squeeze play. The pitched ball is bunted and pops the ball up in the air in the vicinity of the plate. The batter-runner advances toward first base and the runner advancing from third base slides across the plate and incidental contact with the catcher occurs while the catcher is attempting to field the ball. The ball is not fielded and it drops harmlessly into foul territory. What have we got?
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There is seldom such a thing as "incidental contact" between a runner (other than the BR) and a fielder. It is almost always either INT or OBS. In this instance, as the contact occurs as a fielde
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