Reply to "catcher's interference with ball put in play."

Originally Posted by passion4game:

I have never seen this happen. I was watching the Cubs at Yankees in today's early game. Yankees had a runner on 3B. The batter, Ellsbury, while swinging, hits catcher's mitt, but puts ball in play. Pitcher fields ball, tags out Ellsbury, and Gardner scores from 3B.
I didn't know that in a situation like this, the Manager has a choice. Either take the out and the run scores, or take the CI call, batter takes 1B, and runner returns to 3B. I have been watching baseball my entire life and have never seen this occur.

CI is the only time the manager has a choice.

4/16/147:53 PM

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