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I can think of only one justification for this rule. Abel on 1B runs on the pitch; Baker pops a foul over near the dugout; ump yells, "Foul"; Abel, now past 2B, stops and cuts back across the diamond toward 1B and then finds out the ball has been caught.
In this situation, I could see protecting the runner to some degree, but not the batter.
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