Padres’ Xander Bogaerts has HR taken away, ruled out due to controversial fan interference call vs. Giants
You can’t have fun at OL ‘Ballpark. And whenever you are witnessing a game, there is a chance that you see something you have never seen before. RIGHT?
This probably happened for thousands of fans in Petco Park in San Diego on Monday evening. Padres shortcrust stops, Xander Bogaerts, sent a deep fly to the left field which found itself in the seats and was initially judged of a home run. He seemed to have slipped from the GIANTE HELIOT RAMOS GIANTS Player’s glove and in the seats.
After examination, it was canceled and bogaerts was excluded due to the interference of the fans. Here is the highest point:
So, this one is really funky and fun, because it does not seem that the fan (s) have really touched baseball. There was a large puff with the two hands of the guy on the left in the black shirt.
The explanation on the spot was that a fan “stretched out on the playing field and interfered with a live bullet”, hence the overthrow.
But can a fan really interfere just by waving his hands in front of the defender’s eyes and distracting him? It appears like this.
Rule 6.01 (e) declares:
When there is a spectator interference in any ball launched or struck, the ball will be dead at the time of interference and the arbiter will impose the penalties which, in its opinion, cancel the act of interference. Approved decision: If spectators’ interference clearly prevents a field player from catching a fly ball, the referee declares the striker.
In this case, it is essentially the old penalty of “guard” of football. Although the fan has not contacted the ball or the field player, the rule indicates that it can be an interference if a fan “clearly prevents a field player from catching a fly ball”.
Given the way everything seemed here, the proofreading examination came to the right conclusion. The manager of Padres, Mike Shildt, did not agree. After the decision, he was expelled for making the appeal with referee James Hoye.
