OneZero
Showboat
Reading one of the interference discussions and it reminded me of a situation that happened a couple weeks ago. Tried to look it up in the rule book but didn't see anything this specific.
I'm on 2B, no outs, no other runners on base. Batter hits a high infield pop-up to the vicinity of 2B. 2nd Baseman calls the ball and begins tracking toward me on the bag. I'm standing on the bag, left foot on the bag and right foot off the bag towards 3B. I realize I'm about to get run into and only duck my head to try to avoid getting drilled in it by the ball. Fielder runs into me, ball lands about a foot to my right, ump doesn't say much other that its a live ball and batter makes it safely to 1B.
Defense was arguing that I interfered by not trying to move out of the way of the fielder, saying that I could have moved but didn't. I guess their argument was something like a voluntary, involuntary interference? Technically, I probably could have moved but any movement I make is purely beneficial to the defense because of the lack of a force, and if I happen to step off the base and he catches the ball I'm at risk.
Should there have been any kind of a call? I thought the ump was correct. He basically didn't entertain any arguing and said again it was a live ball and the game continued from then on.
Just curious, the interference/obstruction rules seem fairly open to umpire discretion...
I'm on 2B, no outs, no other runners on base. Batter hits a high infield pop-up to the vicinity of 2B. 2nd Baseman calls the ball and begins tracking toward me on the bag. I'm standing on the bag, left foot on the bag and right foot off the bag towards 3B. I realize I'm about to get run into and only duck my head to try to avoid getting drilled in it by the ball. Fielder runs into me, ball lands about a foot to my right, ump doesn't say much other that its a live ball and batter makes it safely to 1B.
Defense was arguing that I interfered by not trying to move out of the way of the fielder, saying that I could have moved but didn't. I guess their argument was something like a voluntary, involuntary interference? Technically, I probably could have moved but any movement I make is purely beneficial to the defense because of the lack of a force, and if I happen to step off the base and he catches the ball I'm at risk.
Should there have been any kind of a call? I thought the ump was correct. He basically didn't entertain any arguing and said again it was a live ball and the game continued from then on.
Just curious, the interference/obstruction rules seem fairly open to umpire discretion...
