 With each baseball stadium having its own unique Layout it is no surprise that at some point balls will be hit near either the bench or near the Into the crowd so Let's look at the rules then that Determined you know how far is is too far for fans or players to To react whenever a ball is hit near them. So the first one is about When the ball is hit near The the offensive team and the the rule books only states the offensive team because they say we kind of assume that if a Player on the defensive team is making a play near his own bench for example, then his players will Be accommodating and that they will move out of the way to allow him to make the catch So the rulebook then states about the offensive team that any member of The offensive team shall vacate any space needed by Fielder attempting to field a batted or thrown Wall so this would be a Maybe a file ball that goes near the dugout or if a ball is Overthrown first base and maybe goes near into the on-deck circle or something like that Then The players need to get out of the way and if they they don't do that and this not only includes players But coaches and whoever else maybe trainers who are in the area now if they don't do this Then the the penalty is that interference if the players Do not these face Interference it'll be called and batter or runner Who the play is being made on? shell so so That makes sense that you know if you don't allow the defense to make the team or make the play then the your teammate then would be Called out. So that's whenever there is Interference by the players. What about with the fans because quite a few times balls will come Within reach of the crowd so so there's a separate rule for this in this states that When there is interference when There's fan interference with any thrown Madded ball the ball is declared dead of interference and rather than rather than then simply stating that the Runner is out because you know with this the offensive team obviously once they're They have a reason to Maybe deter the the defensive team whereas fans they they may not so So the little book says that the umpire show then He shall show impose such a penalty as in his opinion nullifies the interference umpire Penalty in his opinion This is a obviously a judgment call. He's making will modify the act of Interf and so And and that there is one Specific example that the book says if this occurs then They give the specific rolling so so if The fan clearly prevents a catch We should say catch a fly ball Builder catching Fly ball the batter so The batter is automatically or a runner is automatically called out whenever good the ball may go in here Bench and the offensive team interferes with the play But then there's a little more leeway ever we get into fan interference