Need ruling, please...I'm too brain dead to think.
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Greenmonsters
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I'm no authority, but I say no, the runner is not out, assuming she was in the baseline. Runner has same right to the base as the SS has a right to catch the ball. Not really different than a runner unintentionally getting hit w/ a throw when in a pickle. Its on the defensive players to create/use a clear throwing lane.
The runner has every right to advance directly to the next base, and every right to go in standing up if she wants to.
Fielders have the right of way to field BATTED balls. They don't have the same right of way in fielding a THROWN ball.
A runner's interference with a THROWN ball must be intentional to be a rule violation. Apparently, this runner did not intentionally swat at the ball or the fielder, or do anything other than legally run the bases.
As described, I don't see any sort of rule violation here.
Fielders have the right of way to field BATTED balls. They don't have the same right of way in fielding a THROWN ball.
A runner's interference with a THROWN ball must be intentional to be a rule violation. Apparently, this runner did not intentionally swat at the ball or the fielder, or do anything other than legally run the bases.
As described, I don't see any sort of rule violation here.
Unless the batter-runner is running outside the 3' lane, and in the judgment of the umpire, interferes with the fielder taking the throw at 1st base. That's the only time I can remember that the book mentions interference for hindering the catching of a thrown ball specifically.
