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Guest James
Slow pitch softball
bases are loaded and batter hits ball to third baseman. Runners are moving on contact. Third baseman boots ball and it goes into the outfield. Runner moving from second to third is on a path to take him behind third baseman’. Third baseman turns and heads towards outfield to get ball. Third baseman knocks runner down and umpire calls interference on runner. Third baseman had opportunity to cleanly field hit ball and committed error. Ball was in outfield and there was no chance for him to make play at any base. How can there be runner interference when third baseman has no play to make?
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Senor Azul
Mr. ousafe, you’re right that the OBR does not spell out what happens after the fielder misses his initial attempt to field the ball. The good news is there are approved rulings and you don’t have to
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The 2013 Wendelstedt Rules and Interpretations Manual states (in footnote 338, p. 146): …A batted ball being deflected does not prohibit other fielders from attempting to field the ball, and if t
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Unless the slowpitch softball rule on this is different from the baseball rule, this should have been OBS on the fielder
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