Comments on: Baseball Rules And Quirks http://www.daveakins.com/blog/284/baseball-rules-and-quirks Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:02:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tim http://www.daveakins.com/blog/284/baseball-rules-and-quirks#comment-6021 Tim Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:12:23 +0000 http://www.daveakins.com/blog/284/baseball-rules-and-quirks#comment-6021 Via some quick research - it seems interference would be a Jeffrey Maier - i.e. some douche bag reaching over a wall and snatching a would be out away from Tony Tarasco thereby crushing the Orioles' hopes and dreams and propelling the Yankees into the World Series - and obstruction would be a fan running onto the field and making physical contact with a player. Seems interference = touching the ball while in the field of play. Obstruction = body slamming Mark Grudzielanek as he tries to turn another world-class double play for YOUR Kansas City Royals! Via some quick research - it seems interference would be a Jeffrey Maier - i.e. some douche bag reaching over a wall and snatching a would be out away from Tony Tarasco thereby crushing the Orioles’ hopes and dreams and propelling the Yankees into the World Series - and obstruction would be a fan running onto the field and making physical contact with a player.

Seems interference = touching the ball while in the field of play. Obstruction = body slamming Mark Grudzielanek as he tries to turn another world-class double play for YOUR Kansas City Royals!

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