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Batter interference / Fan interference
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Hello,
Two situations last week in a Pony div. game... I probably did not enforce either correctly. OBR rule set for the most part.
1. The pitch is thrown and R1 attemtps to steal 2B. Menawhile the pitch is dropped and roles into the batters box, where the BR reaches down and picks up the ball.
- I believe the correct call should have been batters interference. BR is out and no runners advance.
- What I did was call the ball dead and returned R1 to 1B (after all, these where 11yo rec players).
1a. Same situation but what if the dropped ball rolls into the BR, hitting his shoe
- In this case, I would have nothing if the ball contacted the batter, rather than the batter contacting the ball.
2a. Same as 1., but this time the ball gets away from the catcher and rolls towards a photographer along the backstop who picks up the ball.
- Here I called the ball dead and awarded R1 with 2B on judgement.
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If you're not "thinking" this in a scenario like this you're not doing your job. You own everything inside the fences, right? Protecting the kids inside the fences is part of that ownership. The c
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Yeah, I would highly advise against this line. And if I'm the one saying it's too harsh, you know it is.
Rich Ives
1. Best retort: "It was assistance, not interference." 2. OK 3. Photographer is an authorized person on the field. God rule.
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