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Nor must physical contact occur for interference to be called; a runner may interfere with a fielder simply by hindering the fielder's ability to attempt to make a play on a batted ball. If a baserunner is hit by a fair batted ball while standing on a base, the runner is out, unless the ball has already passed an infielder or the infield fly ...
Obstruction is not the same as interference; obstruction is committed by a fielder against a base runner, while interference, with the exception of catcher's interference, is committed by a baserunner against a fielder or a batter against a catcher. When a fielder hinders a base runner, baseball commentators (including the announcers of the ...
A catcher attempts to block a baserunner from reaching home plate. In baseball, blocking the plate is a technique performed by a catcher to prevent a runner from scoring. The act of blocking the plate accounted for most of the physical contact in Major League Baseball prior to the 2014 season, when it was outlawed except when the catcher already has possession of the ball.
MLB wound up disagreeing with the umpires, though. Per ESPN's Jesse Rogers , the league reached out to the White Sox and admitted the interference call shouldn't have been made.
In fact, MLB rolled out a bevy of new rules in 2023 to much debate, including a new pitch clock designed to speed up the game. And while some of the rules make total sense, others are a bit baffling.
Bizarrely enough, this is only the second time a runner has been called for interference on an infield fly rule, as the Chicago White Sox felt the sting in a game-ending play on Thursday. In that ...
The "time at bat" defined in this rule is more commonly referred to as a plate appearance, and the playing rules (Rules 1 through 8) uses the phrase "time at bat" in this sense (e.g. Rule 5.04(a)(3), which states that "[t]he first batter in each inning after the first inning shall be the player whose name follows that of the last player who ...
Fielder's choice is recorded for the batter-runner (6-4 or 6-4-3, depending on whether an attempt was made to put him out), and he is not credited with a hit. A 6-4 FC would be recorded if the preceding runner is put out for the third out, regardless of where the batter-runner is on the basepaths when this occurs.