3rd Strike Not Caught

Everyone,
Sorry for the lack of my posts lately, last Saturday I had my first child, Jack! So in a few years, I will be posting some, "and this is what my umpire last night did" posts.

Goodie,
If I am reading the post correctly, it sounds as if the ball rolled towards the first base dugout side of behind the plate and your runner was hit by a ball that was thrown seemingly into him. Even if your runner was in fair territory, as an umpire, I see this as nothing but a bad throw. One of the only ways I can see this as being interference on the runner is if he does what Justin Morneau did two weeks ago, and throw his body into the ball to draw the int.

The runner has to run in foul territory, however at some point the runner has to veer towards fair territory to touch his base which is completely in fair territory.......the runners obligation to not interfere at that point is almost eliminated ....If your estimation of 2 feet is correct then:

I agree with Johntaine and I see this as nothing but a bad throw......play on.....

I remember a few years back, Rob Dibble, I think, said he would always throw and hit the runner in the back if there was any question. He said he usually got the interferance call.