Everyone is confused about this interference call, a breakdown

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What Happened

Aaron Judge steps up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, with the New York Yankees trailing by one run. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is looking to tie the game with one swing of the bat. Judge steps in against the opposing pitcher and takes a curveball for a called strike one. The next pitch is another sharp-breaking curveball that drops Judge to one knee, but he lays off the offering. The 1-1 pitch is another well-executed curve that Ozzie Albies of the Atlanta Braves swings through. Albies, who reached base earlier in the inning, is now attempting to steal second base during Judge's at-bat. As Albies takes off, the catcher attempts to throw down to second base, but Albies leans into the catcher's throwing lane, interfering with the throw. Umpire Mike Estabrook immediately calls interference on Albies, stating that the runner is out and must return to first base. However, Estabrook then wrongly concludes that Albies is also out due to the interference, despite the fact that the batter (Judge) had not yet struck out. This leads to a prolonged discussion between the umpires, managers, and players, as everyone attempts to sort out the correct application of the interference rule. Braves manager Dave Roberts and Dodgers star Mookie Betts express their confusion, while Albies himself seems unsure of what has transpired. After several minutes of deliberation, the umpires determine that the batter, Judge, is indeed out due to the interference, but Albies is allowed to return to first base, as the third out had not yet been recorded. The bizarre sequence leaves all involved thoroughly perplexed, with Betts remarking, "I guess that makes sense," while Albies simply states, "I still don't know" what happened. The umpires' misapplication of the interference rule and the resulting chaos highlight the complexities of the game's rulebook, providing a rare moment of collective confusion and uncertainty among the players, coaches, and officials on the field.

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Ozzy Alby is going to take this pitch

and slap it right up the middle right

over the bag JT makes the stop doesn't

get the throw off so you gotta run

around first and so layer up and he hits

homers and he can tie the game with one

swing and a nice curveball drops him to

one knee and now they're like hey he's

swung at that curveball let's throw

another curveball a little more off the

plate so see if he'll swing at that and

it's a little off and Solaire says no

I'm good and now the 1-1 pitch another

curve and that is such a nice pitch and

Ozzy goes to Second and he's safe and

he's going to third no I'll stay I'm

good look at that pitch man look at this

pitch I think it would have been a

college strike too and Solaire just

swings out of his shoes at it just

missing is it now watch the Umpire

because Solaire leans into the catcher

he doesn't get out of the way leans into

the catcher's spot the throw goes wide

the Umpire Mike esterbrook immediately

calls interference on the batter points

at him says hey you got in the catcher's

way here you can't do that illegal

now the confusing part the very

confusing part is the first part of the

rule says

if the batter interferes with the

catcher the plate umpire shall call

interference the batter is out and the

ball dead no player May Advance on such

interference and all Runners must return

to the last base that was in the

Judgment of the Umpire legally touched

at the time of the interference so Ozzy

has to go back to First and the batter

is out for interfering with the catcher

on this throw the only problem where it

gets really confusing is Mike esterbrook

after making this call so layers down

out right so that's fine he called

interference Ozzy is being told that

he's also out and he's like what and

esbrook says yeah that's three outs now

that's where you have confusion on top

of confusion because he lost track of

the count so he thought that solar

struck out and that was the third strike

so that's an out meaning if he struck

out and then interfered with the catcher

then there has to be a punishment for

interfering with the catcher on this

play on the stolen base so the

punishment would be the runners out as

well

because you can't punish the batter he's

already out and now the runner's out too

for punishment for the interference does

that make sense that's the rule that

he's putting in place here so they tell

Ozzie this and they're going to explain

it and solaire's like okay I have no

idea what just happened and Ozzie's like

what happened and then mookie bets comes

in and says yeah what's going on and

then he lets them know and Dave Roberts

is like I'm so confused but I'll take

the double play I'm not going to ask a

single question so he tells them well he

struck out so Ozzie's out for the

interference and mookie goes oh classic

I have no idea how that would make sense

but I'll act like it does meanwhile the

first base coach comes up and says there

was one strike it was one and one it was

one and one it was one and one it was

one and one I was like yeah it was one

and one and Manny the I'm saying oh

what's up dude how you doing glad we get

a chance to say hi it was 1-1 Pitch so

if that no no no we're good we'll figure

this out no we're good we're good you go

there and he's like hey it was one and

one can you go tell him one-on-one so

this um man he goes to tell him now

Snicker is playing with his chain and

he's like well the batter's out and

solaire's like dude I still don't know

stop asking me and Esther Brook's like

wait what was the count it was only one

one and one so it's not a strikeout they

go check on the count everyone's hanging

out everyone's confused he's like I

think I got this man I think I don't

know and they're trying to figure it out

they're like we're gonna figure this one

out hey Manny hey Manny come here come

here is this what happened and the

Umpire says one and two he goes back

he's like yep it was one and two it's

one and two count he goes back batter is

out yeah so he goes back to First

batters out there was only one out on

the play and Ozzy's like wait I go back

at him and milk you're like I guess so

that makes sense he's like wait what no

that doesn't make sense what's going on

and you can talk to the Umpire and he's

going to ask him like wait

so I go back to first I don't get second

base it called out though he's like

because what because I had no idea I was

just running I didn't know Mookie's like

this and then they tell him no no no no

no no and he's he probably tells them

right they're like no the batter's out

for interference like what

what

and then movie's like oh on the back

swing on the backswing and Ozzie's like

oh or he leaned into the catcher and

he's like yeah so he's out they're like

why would I have been out and so there's

like okay so I don't get to continue the

at-bat I'm still out and months he's

like man I got no idea don't ask me and

I have no idea yeah I mean I was wild

he's like what's going on here so there

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