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Originally Posted by youngump
Why would I kill the ball? There hasn't been any interference yet because interference requires a play and we all agree there's no play to interfere with yet. Since the ball isn't dead subsequent events do matter.
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I believe 8.6.13 covers that. As I read the OP, F3 was executing an immediate act of making a play on the BR and the effect includes an immediate dead ball.
As previously noted, it can be a stretch, but I believe this to be the closest rule in providing guidance to the umpire for this situation.