[QUOTE=Dave Reed]bluezebra replied to the assertion that the ball is "delayed dead" following a coach assisting a runner:
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Originally Posted by bluezebra
By whose interpretations?
Jaksa/Roder-- They say: "It is inteference if a coach physically assists a runner's advance or return to a base. Penalty: such runner is out but the ball remains live."
In J/R's world the ball isn't "delayed dead" or immediately dead; they leave the ball live. IIRC, JEA also leaves the ball live.
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Evans says to kill it immediately if a play is being made on the assisted runner. If no play is being made, call the interference but leave the ball live under the enforcement principle that the defense should be entitled to make additional plays on other runners.
Bluezebra is also incorrect in stating the ball is immediately dead on all interference calls. In addition to the coach's assistance under discussion, the OBR and professional interpretations endorse the delayed dead ball concept for both batter's interference and catcher's interference.
That said, in the play as described, if I were certain that the coach's assistance occurred before the run scored, I would treat it as a time play and disallow the run.