Diamondbacks at Mets Batter Int on K3, runner stealing

[conbo61]

Apologies for the long video, but I have a question on the play at the 1:52 mark.

Personally I had BI on Marte and the runner out as a result.  The play was allowed to stand.

Thoughts?

 

[noumpere]

The video ( at least for me) doesn't show enough of the pitch / batter's actions to determine BI or not

[Catch18]

Looks “interfer’y” to me……not sure how you get more out over the plate than this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[maven]

1 hour ago, Catch18 said:

Looks “interfer’y” to me……not sure how you get more out over the plate than this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'll make 2 points.

1. Camera angles: we're not seeing what PU sees.
2. We don't know what MLB guidance is for this call. They might be squelching batter INT this season a tad, possibly for better offense (= happier fans = more $$).

[noumpere]

9 minutes ago, maven said:

I'll make 2 points.

1. Camera angles: we're not seeing what PU sees.
2. We don't know what MLB guidance is for this call. They might be squelching batter INT this season a tad, possibly for better offense (= happier fans = more $$).

I'll add (now that I was able to slow down the video):

3) "out over the plate" is not necessarily INT (but it should get us to think about it)

4) The batter did duck and the throw went over and to the side of the batter (farther away from the batter's box).

 

I'm not saying it couldn't have been INT, just that it's not a slam dunk that it is.

[Replacematt]

5 minutes ago, noumpere said:

I'll add (now that I was able to slow down the video):

3) "out over the plate" is not necessarily INT (but it should get us to think about it)

4) The batter did duck and the throw went over and to the side of the batter (farther away from the batter's box).

 

I'm not saying it couldn't have been INT, just that it's not a slam dunk that it is.

Yep. You can't have interference without actual interference.

[conbo61]

I did see this real time along with replays from multiple angles and there was contact between Marte and Varsho.  Looked pretty clear case to me.

To maven's point 2), this seems to be a "classic" rule that would be hard to squash. Impedance is usually obvious and gives one side a clear advantage.

Looking for some of these other views.