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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
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.
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I saw a different rule cited last night on SC that dealt directly with a runner swatting the ball out of the fielder's hand. I am having trouble with my Westlaw account, though, and haven't been able to research it. God I love law!
