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Metro Richmond Officiating Service

Play of the Week (You Make the Call)

May 17, 2010

Play: R3 on 3^rd and R2 on 2^nd with no outs. B6 hits a long fly ball to F8 who catches it for out #1. R3 properly tags and heads home. R2 left too soon and heads for 3^rd. Third-base coach hollers for R2 to go back, but she keeps on coming. R3 thinks that the coach is yelling at her and she retreats to 3^rd base (a) before or (b) after touching Home Plate. R3 reaches 3^rd and because the coach is still yelling ‘Go Back!’, she heads to 2^nd passing R2 who is between 2^nd and 3^rd. Now R3 realizes she must return to 3^rd, so she heads back to 3^rd and passes R2 who’s heading back to 2^nd. The ball is thrown to F6 who tags R2 while off base before she gets back to 2^nd. R3 arrives safely at 3^rd and, due to exhaustion, stays there.

What do we have here?

Last Week’s Play

PLAY: R2 on 2^nd and R1 on 1^st. No outs. B3 hits a pop-up towards the first baseman (F3) playing in. F3 loses the ball in the sun and ducks to avoid getting hit by the ball. The ball lands fair and is in fair territory when B3, who is running inside the baseline, is contacted by the ball. What is the ruling?

Ruling: B3 is out on the Infield Fly Rule. The ball is dead since it was contacted by a runner in fair territory before passing a fielder. Runner closest to Home (R2) is ruled out on Interference by a retired runner.

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