re: It could be worse, NCAA coulda fked us over like Maryland just now. How is this an out????

He clearly could have ran to the right of the base.

This is obvious interference.

Please stand up if you believe this should have not been interference or should not have been an out. We need to know who to ignore going forward lol.

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It’s a baseball play, runner wasn’t egregiously inside the base line at any point. Further, the base is on the inside of the “runners lane” so the runner has no choice but to deviate inside the lane.

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What a fricking reach lol.

If he runs normal like any other player does, it isn’t an issue lol

Runners lane is there for the fielder to have a throw. Problem with this call is the ball was being thrown from the first base dugout.

The runners lane is to the right of the baseline. He was running on the left side of it for the last few feet. It was the right call. This thread is the epitome of our baseball fans.

That is the right call

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The above link is from close call sports, it’s an analysis of an MLB play but it’s the same rule in college.

The lack of rule knowledge by the general populace is why you dumb sons of bitches scream at umpires at Rec games.

*not you specifically.

If the runner is in the running lane like he is supposed to be, then the throw is not that far off and the first baseman can stretch and make the catch. You can make the case the pitcher threw it on the inside because he knew the runner was supposed to be in the runners lane.

Not in this case, but there are also answers that it wasn’t catchable. The argument on an uncatchable throw will always be made that the throw was altered by the runner deciding to run inside the base line. It’s no different when you have hitters interference on a runner stealing second. It doesn’t matter if the runner would’ve been safe by 10 feet or if the throw landed in right center, the interference will always be a possibility of causing the errant through.

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as someone who played baseball from the age of 3 to 22.

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This does not make you an expert on the game. I bet in those 19 years, you never once read a single rule from the rule book.

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I think he ran a straight line with one foot on each side of the foul line, which to me is the "runners lane".

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The rule states:

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In running the last half of the distance from home plate to first base while the ball is being fielded to first base, the batter-runner runs outside the 3-foot restraining line or inside the foul line and, in so doing, interferes with the fielder taking the throw at first base, except that the batter may go outside
these lines to avoid a fielder attempting to field a batted ball;

Note 1: If the batter-runner is running illegally to first base and his being outside the lane alters the throw of a fielder, hinders or alters a fielder’s opportunity to field the throw, or the batter-runner is hit by the throw that has been made in an attempt to
make a play, it shall be called interference and the batter-runner is to be called out.

Exception—The batter-runner is permitted to exit the three-foot running lane by means of a step, stride, reach or slide in the immediate vicinity of first base and for the sole purpose of touching first or attempting to avoid a tag. He may exit the running lane on his last stride or step if he has been running legally within the running lane up to that point.

Note 2: The batter-runner is considered outside this 3-foot lane if either foot is outside either line

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NCAA Rule Book

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I was watching when it happened. I don’t know the rule. Don’t have a clue actually. But the first baseman clearly jumps in front of the runner at the last minute. Actually took himself out of position to catch the ball with that move. Looked to me like the ball was going to be late and first baseman knew it. He was in correct position inside the bag to make the play had the ball been sooner. Since he recognized it was going to be late, he successfully improvised a collision and it worked. He got the call he was trying to get. Heads up for sure. Don’t know about the call

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The collision doesn't really have anything to do with it. I say this to mean, there is no contact requirement. All he has to do is impede the first baseman's ability to field the throw, contact or no contact.

Nobody got screwed by The NCAA worse than NC State last season. They had a very good shot at a championship and were screwed. Any championships won during 2020 or 2021 are invalid IMO.

Don’t care how good a team was in this period. Other teams had to forfeit games, the rosters were all over the place, scheduling was very unusual. The playing field was absolutely uneven.