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OBR (American Legion) – Interference With Bases Loaded, Nobody Out We had this situation recently and I’ve been stewing on it a bit: Bases loaded, nobody out. The batter hits a ground ball that isn’t a slow roller, but it forces the shortstop to charge hard. As he does, R2 (the runner from second) makes contact with the shortstop. It wasn’t flagrant — R2 actually tried to veer in front of him, but they essentially met at the same spot and bumped into each other, knocking each other slightly off course. No plow, no malicious intent. We called dead ball, runner interference, and ruled: The shortstop (the fielder interfered with) is awarded the out. The batter-runner is placed on 1st. R1 is placed at 2nd. R3 remains at 3rd. No one complained, and we played on. Now that I’ve had time to think about it, I’m second-guessing the application. In hindsight, the shortstop could have possibly made a play on the lead runner at home. Since there was potential for a double play, should we have also called out the runner closest to home? I thought he'd either get the runner right in front of him, OR go home for the out, probably not both. That part of the rule — when to get the “runner closest to home” for interference — is always the trickiest one for me to remember. 🤦‍♂️ Usually it's the BR as the double play interference is near 2nd. But the wild application of just pulling the runner closest to home is always an afterthought.