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Originally posted by andViolins
This is from the official rules of MLB:
7.09
. . . It is interference by a batter or a runner when: (g) If, in the judgment of the umpire, a base runner willfully and deliberately interferes with a batted ball or a fielder in the act of fielding a batted ball with the obvious intent to break up a double play, the ball is dead. The umpire shall call the runner out for interference and also call out the batter runner because of the action of his teammate. In no event may bases be run or runs scored because of such action by a runner.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/of...s/runner_7.jsp
I assume thats why Jeter was sent back to first.
aV
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Doesn't this just beg the question Thurgreed was suggesting? Although it is clear to everyone (except maybe Slave) that Arod intentionally knocked the ball away and interfered with the play, was the intent here to break up a double play? Was a double play really a possibility? Arod interfered so he could get to base, not to break up a double play, which realistically could not have happened. I still think the penalty should be that no runners advance. Otherwise, Arod, although called out, still has incentive to knock the ball out because he scores Jeter in the process. But I am not sure the quoted rule applies here.
