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mcrowder,
I struggle with why distance matters. If I interp the rules correctly any batted ball that is deflected and a runner intentionally interferes with when a fielder has a chance to get an out will draw an INT call. If the fielder is going after a deflected batted ball that the umpire judges they could still get an out from obtaining they can be interfered with. It must be intentional since deflected, but where does the rule have any distance listed? Am I looking too literally? I see it quite simply as deflected ball, fielder with a chance to get an out there is a chance of INT, and since INT overrules OBS there is no chance of OBS.
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