Just like the administartion did, well glad it wasn't your son.

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This is what happened on that play. Venneman on 1st and Hennigan at the plate. Venneman steals and Hennigan lays down a bunt right down the first baseline. Moeves fields the ball Hennigan is running straight down the white line. Moeves goes to tag Hennigan as Hennigan is running. The ball comes out of Moeves glove and hits the ground. The umpire calls interference on Hennigan which it was not. Hennigan let Moeves field the ball and Moeves dropped it when he was tagging Hennigan. Hennigan should of been on 1st and Venneman on 3rd. There was no interference!!

 

Someone from HHS mounts a contour camera on the backstop. (It's a better GoPro for those that don't know what it is).

I'd be interested in seeing the footage of that play.

The call was interference on the runner against a fielder attempting to make a play. By rule, that runner (in this case the batter) is out and runners return to the base they were on at the time of the pitch.

 

So was that the right call? If it indeed was deemed Interference by the Runner then I agree but Raiderbird says otherwise. Can anybody outside of Highlands or NewCath tell us if it was the right call or not? I wasn't there so I have no clue! I was at home checking for Line Breaks in my Dog fence.

So was that the right call? If it indeed was deemed Interference by the Runner then I agree but Raiderbird says otherwise. Can anybody outside of Highlands or NewCath tell us if it was the right call or not? I wasn't there so I have no clue! I was at home checking for Line Breaks in my Dog fence.

 

 

I wasn't there. I didn't see the play. I'm just saying that based on the call made the rule was enforced correctly.

 

The debate centers around timing. Did the contact with the fielder happen before or after the fielder had possession of the ball?

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I think it was a bad call. That ump made some bad calls on both teams. IMO

I think it was a bad call. That ump made some bad calls on both teams. IMO

 

I couldn't say on this one. But I do agree that the home ump had some serious issues last night. VERY inconsistent strike zone. The only thing consistent was that he was inconsistent towards both teams.

So was that the right call? If it indeed was deemed Interference by the Runner then I agree but Raiderbird says otherwise. Can anybody outside of Highlands or NewCath tell us if it was the right call or not? I wasn't there so I have no clue! I was at home checking for Line Breaks in my Dog fence.

 

If you need help, IM me. I got a guy that will find that break in life 15 minutes.

I wasn't there. I didn't see the play. I'm just saying that based on the call made the rule was enforced correctly.

 

The debate centers around timing. Did the contact with the fielder happen before or after the fielder had possession of the ball?

 

After possession. I think the pitcher tried to tag and then turn to throw to third to get Venneman.

It was hard to see from the angle I had. If he just simply lost the ball then the runner should have been safe at first. But if the runner purposely kicked the ball or knocked it out of the pitchers hand then he would be out. I couldn't really tell though. Tough angle for me.

Clyde -- is there any intent required for interference on the batter? If batter runner simply runs to 1B and neither intends to make contact with the fielder NOR seeks to get out of the way of the fielder, is that interference? Does it matter if the batter runner was in fair / foul ground?

Clyde -- is there any intent required for interference on the batter? If batter runner simply runs to 1B and neither intends to make contact with the fielder NOR seeks to get out of the way of the fielder, is that interference? Does it matter if the batter runner was in fair / foul ground?

 

Intent does not factor in.

 

Fair/foul does not factor in.

Intent does not factor in.

 

Fair/foul does not factor in.

 

So fielder should strategically seek contact on such a play? Puts the runner back to 1B rather than fielding cleanly & throwing batter runner out and allowing runner to advance 1 or 2 bases.

 

Presume that if it is obvious that fielder initiated conduct, it is not interference and could be construed as obstruction, right?