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At an NSA tourney this past weekend and witnessed this call at least 3 times in different games.
Runners on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2 outs, batter hits a high line drive which lands in short center field. Runner on 3rd goes home and runner on 2nd takes off for 3rd and collides with SS about 6 feet from 2nd base - this runner is called out because Ump said SS was trying to make the play. Argued that the defensive player needed to be in the act of fielding the ball in order for our runner to be out.
2nd time this happened, runner on 1st took off for 2nd (to steal), batter hit the ball very hard grounder towards 2nd baseman who was playing deep well behind the base path, runner jumps to avoid being hit by the ball (no contact with ball) Ump calls her out for interfering with the defensive player (who did not have any trouble fielding the ball). Argued that the runner did all she could to avoid being hit and didn't impede the fielder at all.
3rd time this occurred, runner on 2nd was running past SS who was directly in the base path and who was not fielding the ball (ball was hit to right field).....no collision or touching that could be seen.....Ump called her out because she brushed past her. After arguing it for 2nd time, he said the rule was changed this year and no offensive runner can have contact with a defensive player at all at any time.
I have looked in the NSA rules and rule changes, and I have read a ton of old posts on this subject matter, but couldn't find any scenarios that were close or anything about new changes to this rule.
Can anyone advise if there has been a rule change and if this is the right call.
Thanks.
Runners on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2 outs, batter hits a high line drive which lands in short center field. Runner on 3rd goes home and runner on 2nd takes off for 3rd and collides with SS about 6 feet from 2nd base - this runner is called out because Ump said SS was trying to make the play. Argued that the defensive player needed to be in the act of fielding the ball in order for our runner to be out.
2nd time this happened, runner on 1st took off for 2nd (to steal), batter hit the ball very hard grounder towards 2nd baseman who was playing deep well behind the base path, runner jumps to avoid being hit by the ball (no contact with ball) Ump calls her out for interfering with the defensive player (who did not have any trouble fielding the ball). Argued that the runner did all she could to avoid being hit and didn't impede the fielder at all.
3rd time this occurred, runner on 2nd was running past SS who was directly in the base path and who was not fielding the ball (ball was hit to right field).....no collision or touching that could be seen.....Ump called her out because she brushed past her. After arguing it for 2nd time, he said the rule was changed this year and no offensive runner can have contact with a defensive player at all at any time.
I have looked in the NSA rules and rule changes, and I have read a ton of old posts on this subject matter, but couldn't find any scenarios that were close or anything about new changes to this rule.
Can anyone advise if there has been a rule change and if this is the right call.
Thanks.