What a difference a few days can make in a team. The Rabbits showed up in Argyle ready to play ball Tuesday evening. The game had an early start of 4:30 because of the threat of bad weather moving in later in the evening. The Rabbits gave the district leading Argyle Eagles all they could handle. Argyle got the win with a final score of 2 - 1. All the scoring was done in the third inning with Riley Dorman scoring Bowie's run and Argyle scoring two in the bottom of the inning. In the bottom of the third, Argyle had a runner on second. The Argyle batter hit between first and second. Ben Robbins, the Bowie second baseman, made an amazing play to come up with the ball and keep it in the infield and hold the runner to third. During the next batter's at bat, Bowie catcher Bear Treadway attempted to throw down to third base. During his throw, the Argyle batter stepped in front of Bear. Bear's arm struck the batter and the throw went into left field, allowing the runner on third to score. Coach McIntire argued with the umpire trying to get an interference call to no avail. It was clear to people in the stands that the batter intentionally interfered with the catcher's throw. This would be all the scoring there was going to be this evening. Cody McMurray pitched a complete game, giving up only four hits. Cody defintely did not deserve to get a loss for his effort tonight. It was good to see the Rabbits play the way they are capable of. There were several webgems made during the game that brought cheers from the crowd. Hopefully, this is the start of the Rabbits playing the way they know how to for the rest of the season. Definitely the most exciting game of the year.
3 comments:
Was the Argyle batter in the batters box when the Bowie catcher made the throw to third base ? As long as the batter is in the batters box, it is not interference if the catchers throw is obstructed. Only if the batter is out of the batters box and then interferes with the catchers throw is it interference. If the batter is in the batters box, it is up to the catcher to step around the batter when making the throw. So the umpire may have made the correct call.
That's probably how the umpire saw it and probably how it happened. To the biased people in the stands, it looked like he stepped in front of the plate in an effort to interfere. What would be the correct call if the momentum of the batter's swing pulled him across the plate and in the way?
The important thing is where the batter is standing when the catcher releases the throw. If the batter remains in the batters box, he doesn't have to move an inch. He doesn't have to duck down out of the way so the catcher can make the throw. He can stand right where he is and if that is obstructing the catcher, so be it. If on the other hand, the batter has moved out of the box, and then moves in the way of the catchers throw, that is batter interference. I think if the momentum of the batters swing pulls him across the plate and in the way, it's the umpires descretion, but more than likely the umpire would take that into consideration and not call batter interference because it wouldn't be intentional. Intention is the key. Was the batter out of the box, and did he intentionally obstruct the catcher from being able to make his throw ?
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