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Originally Posted by DG
This sounds correct, but I have found no FED rule or case book play on it. Closest thing is 8-4-1d, which is talking about contacting a batted ball in foul territory with the bat while it has a chance of becoming fair. The definition of Offensive Interference would make it illegal to contact a fielder making a play on a ball, but there is no play to be made on a foul ball. 10-2-3g might have to be applied here to declare the batter out, and all runners return to base at TOI.
I would have be CERTAIN that the ball had a chance to become fair, ie rolling towards fair with enough roll to make it there to make this call.
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That was my point DG about where did the ball end up. Like you said you'd better be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN the ball will end up fair before you make an int call. As the sitch said the ball was never touched you'd have to wait until it stopped or was touched.