Can someone more into baseball than I explain this one to me.
The runner is always safe on fan interference? Is that really how it works?
Link: https://youtube.com/shorts/Gx9cy7a9Hcg?si=oNwZzizdw1Z6H5UE
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I watched it live on TV. Looked like a home run, but umps made the fair and equitable decision.
As it happened, it appeared the ball just cleared the fence. The moron fan is seen jumping up and down holding the ball, hugging his mates, as if they just pulled off a heist at JFK airport.
On replay, with better camera angles, it was abundantly clear that the fan's interference did not hinder the outfielder from snagging that ball. Zero chance it would have been caught.
But, the fan did stretch arm across the top shelf of the fence into the air space above the field. Doubtful the trajectory of the ball would have cleared the fence, but small possibility that the ball could have landed on the tippy top of the fence and skipped into the stands for a home run. Dumb fook fan's interference ruined any such chance.
Umpire's ruling was fair.
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Don't think so. Believe they determine what was the most likely outcome absent the interference...
TakethetrainKnute 35869 posts...these days...to the best of their ability.
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Okay, so in this instance...
They are saying that it wouldn't have been an out but it's also not a home run? They're saying that without the fan interference it would have been a double?
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Yes. Believe they determined that the ball was going to stay in the field of play but that the...
TakethetrainKnute 35869 postsoutfielder was not going to get to it in time to secure it and it would bounce off wall.
Runner was going already so they gave him home...and they believed Volpe would most likely wind up at second.
(Think the determination as to the carom and where Volpe would most likely wind up is the most subjective piece.)
(Interfering fan was tossed for interfering...but they let them keep the ball.)
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Typical Yankee fan.
I loved that the guy had a full security detail escort him to the street.
A perfect end to another Boone-led disappointment.
Bring it all back next year Cashman.
Kind of reminds me of when Rocket Ismail played for Notre Dame
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Did hear another Yankee fan yell "I hope your family dies in a fire" at him as he was being escorted
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