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Cecil, because local leagues insist on mangling the current, perfectly working, interference and obstruction rules, adding something like the one above.
Man, what would we do if ASA or FED rules had rules that said certain events "can result in an out". Talk about vague!
I think the answer to the main question presented in the OP is that on a play like this, IF you have interference (whether by ASA rule or local rule), play should cease and runners should be placed. So if the umpire is ruling an out on this play (whether by ASA rule, which should have covered this sitch, or by the vaguely reworded local rule), then the umpire should be ceasing play.
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