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Okay, now that I think about this a little more, we usually don't hold a retired runner accountable for still being in live ball territory after being retired. For example, when R1 is put out at second base on the front end of a DP, he/she isn't expected to disappear when the pivot person's throw is headed to first base, and it hits the retired runner. If he/she does something intentional, that's a different story. But if he/she is simply continuing to run following his/her putout, and inadvertently gets in the way of a play, that's typically not interference.
So in your play, if the retired BR really had no chance to get out of the way of the play, is it an infraction?
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