- May 29, 2013
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This came to my attention in the neverending thread on the TX HS championship game. (I actually don't want to talk about THOSE plays. Plenty of discussion on them elsewhere.)
Another play from that game that caught my eye and seemed like a strange no-call is in this highlight video starting at about 0:33. A grounder to F5 with bases loaded; F5goes home for the force but the catcher gets taken down by the runner before she can release to attempt the double play at 1B.
It looks to me like the runner coming home:
A) has a wide-open path to the plate
and
B) has been retired for at least 15' on the force out (well before she even begins her slide)
and
C) slides cleats first into the catcher a good 3' inside fair territory in what appears an obvious attempt to break up the double play
So my questions...
The ump is right there at the plate and makes no call. Is that a good no-call?
Does it matter at that point if the B/R had already reached safely? (this seems unlikely since the girl with a lead on the pitch is just crossing the area of the plate)
Had interference been called, would the B/R have been put out or the immediately succeeding runner (i.e. the girl now standing on 3B)?
Another play from that game that caught my eye and seemed like a strange no-call is in this highlight video starting at about 0:33. A grounder to F5 with bases loaded; F5goes home for the force but the catcher gets taken down by the runner before she can release to attempt the double play at 1B.
It looks to me like the runner coming home:
A) has a wide-open path to the plate
and
B) has been retired for at least 15' on the force out (well before she even begins her slide)
and
C) slides cleats first into the catcher a good 3' inside fair territory in what appears an obvious attempt to break up the double play
So my questions...
The ump is right there at the plate and makes no call. Is that a good no-call?
Does it matter at that point if the B/R had already reached safely? (this seems unlikely since the girl with a lead on the pitch is just crossing the area of the plate)
Had interference been called, would the B/R have been put out or the immediately succeeding runner (i.e. the girl now standing on 3B)?