Ok here is the situation. The offense, we will call the Chargers, has a runner on 2nd base and the infield, we will call the Wildcats, is playing in. The batter hits a short looping ball over the shortstops head and lands just on the outfield grass. The runner on second briefly collides with the shortstop who turns to run back to try and run down the ball. The umpire declined to call interference on the Chargers because the Wildcats were beating them badly. Yet the Wildcats coach insisted it was interference. I argued that the play was actually obstruction on the shortstop since he did not have the ball, nor was he in the process of fielding the ball. He was simply running after it. What is the correct call?
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