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Defensive interference
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Guest Astevenson
We had a runner hit a ball into the outfield and ended up with an in the park homerun. As he rounded first he was interfered with by first basemen who was in the baseline but ran around him and play continued, no umpire time was called. After he touched home and headed to the dugout, umpire called interference on first basemen and returned runner to 2nd. This seems very off, what is the correct call in this situation?
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beerguy55
And on those days where your partner is sick, caught in traffic, screws up the schedule, are you just going home? The league can afford whatever its players can afford (or want to afford). With
Kevin_K
That's not quite accurate. In FED, it means the runner gets the next base even if the runner is retreating to the last legally acquired base.
Jimurray
The correct call in any code, is obstruction not interference. So you did not have an umpire, you had a guy wearing an umpire uniform. The run should have scored as the obstruction did not affect the
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