re: Fan interference call (I was in stands and saw it all)

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Look what it takes to get over the wall. It takes fully committing and leaning over at the waist



Now look at the fan. He is on his heels leaning back with barely his forearm over the chain fence. He isn’t over the wall

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Idk man, those two pictures make it look more likely that he’s over the wall to me. Those people in the top picture aren’t just reaching “over” the wall, they’re reaching below it. I can absolutely see how, reaching out rather than down, his glove might be in the field of play based on that. Hell there’s a person in the top photo whose elbow is on the fence and their bare hand appears to be over the wall.

I still don’t think it was clear enough for Birmingham to justify calling it fan interference with no call on the field, but I think all of the statements along the lines of “there’s no way he was over the field of play” are a stretch.