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Originally posted by AtlUmpSteve
....Now, we have a flagrant misconduct violation by a runner; we are tacking on an interference call to call the runner out in addition to the ejection, using a theory that the flagrant collision kept the first baseman from making a play later in the sequence (maybe as the cut-off, whatever) because she was taken out of the play. ...
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I haven't heard this case play discussed by any NUS member, so perhaps you are right. But, just going by the case play (10.8-1 just to remind everyone), it does not cite the interference rule.
The rules cited are:
10-8-A (the generic "conditions justify" rule for the dead ball).
10-1-J-3 (for the ejection)
10-1-K (the generic "declare the batter or runner out" rule for the out.)
IOW, the justification for the ruling boils down to umpire authority in dealing with flagrant misconduct, not any specific action by the runner that would fall under rule 8-7 (or, in the case play, BR and rule 8-2).