Interference

[The Flush]

The ump called interference on this play. Do you agree?

[Jake Patterson]

No, it seemed everything arrived at the same time (I'm assuming he caught the ball).

Also, anything close in most leagues, requires the runner to avoid the catcher or slide.

[The Flush]

I stopped recording too soon, so it may be hard to tell that the catcher dropped the ball due to the collision. The ump ruled the runner should have avoided the catcher and called him out. Both kids were banged up, but were able to continue playing.

[Jake Patterson]

I stopped recording too soon, so it may be hard to tell that the catcher dropped the ball due to the collision. The ump ruled the runner should have avoided the catcher and called him out. Both kids were banged up, but were able to continue playing.

The ump got it right..

[bbrages]

The ump got it right..

I disagree... if you freeze the video a few frames before impact, the runner seems to be to be doing his best to avoid the catcher, but the catcher jumped in front of him.

Video is blurry, but I think the runner actually trips over the catcher's foot and that is the contact that leaves both players on the ground.

I don't see how you can expect the runner to slide that far up the base path.

[The Flush]

It was a tough call for the ump to make and he did not have the benefit of video. I was just curious as to how others saw it. This ump is every team's favorite because he is very fair and does a good job of explaining calls such as this one. We may not agree with every call he makes, but we definitely respect him. It actually benefited our team (my son was the one pitching BP to the other team). The other team might not have agreed with this call, but they did not argue it. He called one of our runners out for not sliding on a play that was really that close, but that is our league rule so we accept it and hoped that we learn from it.

[CoolHandLuke]

The play should have continued with a no-call. There is no obstruction or interference on that play. A base runner MUST avoid any fielder who is attempting to make a play on a BATTED ball (even if it's in the base line, the runner must run around to avoid). If the runner hinders the fielder, he is out whether the contact was intentional or not. This same rule does not apply to fielders fielding thrown balls. On a play where the fielder is throwing or receiving a thrown ball, the base runner is guilty of interference only if the contact was intentional. The umpire must deem that the runner intentionally made contact or hindered the fielder. In this case it seems pretty clear the contact was not intentional considering the catcher jumped into the runner and the runner didn't have time to avoid contact.

Tell Blue he missed that one.

[ctheusa]

he blew the call

[Jake Patterson]

I disagree... if you freeze the video a few frames before impact, the runner seems to be to be doing his best to avoid the catcher, but the catcher jumped in front of him.

Video is blurry, but I think the runner actually trips over the catcher's foot and that is the contact that leaves both players on the ground.

I don't see how you can expect the runner to slide that far up the base path.

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[bbrages]

Maybe the runner threw an elbow or something and the video is too blurry to make it out? Strange that the catcher is rolling on the ground in pain; the contact appears to be glancing and the runner seems to take the worst of it.

[bbrages]

I think this is a better freeze frame... I see the runner trying to avoid the catcher...

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[Jake Patterson]

I thnk it's the same frame... Ask Jim Booth what he thinks..

[The Uncoach]

That's what a no-call looks like. You can't always avoid contact when a throw is off target.

[The Flush]

I expected a no call as well. It looked like the ump called out immediately, but before he realized the ball was dropped. He did not explain the interference until the players were attended to. Maybe the time delay (1-2 minutes) affected the call. I might show this to him and see what he says.

[songtitle]

There must be a ball, a runner, and a catcher. There was no ball.

Therefore, the catcher interfered when he has standing 6 feet up the baseline with no ball.