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Originally posted by SC Ump
8-8 Runner is not out
Art 6... A runner is hit with a fair batted ball after it touches [ricochets off], or is touched by [deflected by], any fielder, including the pitcher, and the runner cound not avoid [not intentional] contact with the ball.
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Maybe I missed something, but I believe this is the wrong rule. The discussion is, or at least started as, interfering with a fielder attempting to field a deflected ball, not the runner being hit by a deflected ball.