DAT 4/6: YFPHA @ Yankees

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I can't wait for Go Go to blast one to left center, and then McCann's tears flood home plate because he thinks Carlos celebrated too much.

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Jester

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Correa was wrong to be running in fair territory, and he might have drawn an interference call if the Yankees had played it smart. But he is definitely not violating the interference rule the way the play unfolded.


6.05(k) In running the last half of the distance from home base to first base, while the ball is being fielded to first base, he runs outside (to the right of) the three foot line, or inside (to the left of) the foul line, and in the umpire's judgment in so doing interferes with the fielder taking the throw at first base…

Note, the interference rule is for the first baseman, not the thrower. In this case, the throw was not catchable, so Correa did not interfere with the first baseman ability to take the throw. If the pitcher plunks Correa in the back, we might have interference. The first baseman would have to have been impeded getting to the ball. Even if the rule were based on interfering with the thrower,

Teixeira was stretched toward second and set up a target to the inside of the bag. The ball was not thrown there, and even if it had been, there’s a good chance Correa beats the throw. No way can you reward that throw at the MLB level by calling Correa out

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DeMuth explained to a pool reporter that because Teixeira was not impeded from catching the ball, there was no interference. Asked if Betances’ only choice was to throw the ball into the runner’s back, DeMuth said: “Do it. Throw it into the runner’s back.

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