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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I didn't see it, but it seems to me that a runner going from first to second is permitted to interfere with the fielder in a way that a runner going from home to first is not. That said, I don't know the rules, and what you describe sounds sketchy.
eta: Shoulda stp'd -- never mind.
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I think that's just not correct. There are certain things a runner can do and have it not be interference, such as slide hard to break up a double play; it just happens that more of them happen while on the basepaths.
I didn't see the play, but it sounds like interference and the umps blew the call. Of course, bear in mind that the umps initially blew the call on A-Rod and called no interference. It was only because it mattered, with Jeter scoring, that they were forced to think about it at the time. Not justifying it; just saying it was more obviously important.
As for A-rod in the ALCS, I never saw it as that big a deal. The umps got the call right in the end, so fine. I think he could have been called out simply for going out of the restraining box, but I don't have a replay handy.
All that said, if either of those plays is interference, why is it
not interference when a player runs over a catcher?
