Umpire Interference

As you well know, what happened to cause this was a mistake in mechanics.....being in the field of play.....

That being said, what you eventually did was a version of the old playground "do over"....and we all know that there are no "do overs" in baseball...

This is a no call.....even though you were where you should not have been, you did not interfere with the play as per the rule book. The play should have stood as it played out....at that point you were part of the playing field and it was the defense's responsibility to avoid you.........

But hang in there........not sure how the coaches responded, but you probably got through it without too much grief............things like this happen and as long as you learn from them all turns out well......

As PIAA Ump says this a no call. There are only two types of umpire interference, interfering with a catcher's throw, and a BU being hit before it passes an infielder.

No call is the call. I know this isn't the topic here but; This is one that always spurs a question for me. Say on a DP pivot the runner is out by 10+ feet, doesn't slide nor veer out of the throwing path, the SS or 2nd baseman doesn't make the throw and instantly complains the runner was in the way, they want the interfernce call. In my book no throw no interference. I have seen this called interfernce on many occasions and it makes me cringe every time. I don't work HS games because of my day job, but I work lots of CABA, Legion, and other select programs that use the Big Book. HS goes into more details I know, but just looking for some thoughts on "no calls".

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Originally posted by jjk:
Say on a DP pivot the runner is out [and] doesn't slide nor veer out of the throwing path.

This is the definition of interference on the "force play slide rule". The distance from the fielder isn't an issue as far as the NFSH rules (NCAA too) are concerned. No throw is required for the runner to interfere. A good fielder will throw this ball at the runner's head as hard as he can. This has the potential for serious injury (remember Jorge Posada's messed up grill a couple years back) and this (safety) is one of the reasons that the runner is REQUIRED to slide directly to the base OR veer away from the fielder (running or sliding) to avoiid interfering.

fvb10 hs it basically correct, Fed doesn't require a throw to get the call. My only qualitication to what he said is the FPSR requires the runnner to slide at or away from the base or give himself up. All that assumes the fielder needs the baseline to throw. If his throwing lane is wide then the runner need not slide at all.