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WMB,
Your answer is obviously correct if the batted ball is interfered with over foul territory, but wouldn't there be a difference if the ball is "in front of the plate", ie: over fair territory? The ball is dead immediately, and therefore does not have the chance to become foul. (We can't see into the crystal ball to determine that absent the interference F2 would have touched the ball in fair territory!)
If a runner interfers with a fielder attempting to field a fair batted ball, then the runner is out and the batter is awarded first base. Therefore the batter has completed her at bat, even if the out for interference was the 3rd out. In this case the lead off would be the next batter in the batting order.
Roger Greene
[Edited by Roger Greene on Mar 24th, 2004 at 10:49 AM]
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