It’s interference. With visual evidence and the rule

Doesn’t matter because LSU should not have been in that situation in the first place. No excuses!

So where was he when the ball was actually being fielded at first. Because that pic isn’t the situation the rule is protecting against.

Milazzo should’ve hit him in the back with the ball and it would’ve been called.

I shouldn’t have to explain this to this board but here I am.

You can acknowledge that it should have been called interference with running out of baseline and also agree that we choked the game away. Both of those things can be true. Why can’t some of you comprehend this. Just because a person thinks the rule should’ve been called doesn’t mean they are “making excuses”.

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It’s interference. With visual evidence and the rule

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This was my interpretation also - but I looked up the rule.

There is an exception:

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It is the responsibility of the fielder making the throw (usually catcher F2 or pitcher F1, possibly F3 or F5 on a bunt, etc.) to ensure that the throw could reasonably retire the runner if not for the potential interference. If the throw cannot reasonably retire the runner, it is not RLI.

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I watched a replay of the play - it looked to me like the throw was too far to the right of first base for Jones to have fielded it and make a play.

IF he had barreled over the runner to make the catch, then he would have been guilty of interference.

HOWEVER -
in looking at the replay it appears to me that the runner was in fair territory - and that makes it more difficult to make a normal throw to first base.

IN MY OPINION _ the runner should have been called out for interfering with the throw.

The fielder should not be required to make a magic throw if the runner is violating the rule in the first place - Do Not Understand the
"responsibility of the fielder" rule in this instance.

But it was Alabama, right ???

I believe technically that could be true but looking at the picture Milazzo was half way to the picture’s mound so I’m not sure if his throwing angle was really obstructed by the runner.

No self respecting umpire is going to call interference on that based on how far away from the plate the ball was when the catcher picked it up. He had plenty of angle to make a good throw.

He failed to do so.

Quit crying over this. It’s embarrassing

It really become a judgment call. If runners truly interfere w fielder ability to catch throw it’s called. If not it isn’t. Now did it ?????

Bitching about the officiating is a losers game. It’s done. Move on. Try to grow out of being a loser.

It’s a lot more egregious than the ones we’ve seen both for and against LSU. Specifically the one against UF early in Game 3.

But it was still a very makable play and I’m much more disappointed in Milazzo than the umps.