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Originally Posted by mcrowder
Actually, the "reason" or intent of the rule differs by association. In some, it is interference to be hit by a batted ball unless it was unavoidable (a fielder in front of him that either SHOULD have fielded the ball or blocked the runner's ability to see that the ball was coming), but in others it's interference just to be hit by the ball at all.
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Differes by association? Haven't come across that in my many travels around the country.
I've always seen this called as Dave stated above, this is simply not a hard rule to apply.
It simply involves a little judgement by the umpire.
Thansk
David