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In the NFHS rulebook, the PENALTY section of 7-3 says, in part "For infraction of Art. 5: When there are two outs, the batter is out". I won't quote the remainder of the section. I think it's just poorly written, but, as written, it doesn't seem to qualify the quoted statement which leads me to wonder whether if there are two outs, the batter interferes and the catcher throws out a stealing runner, is the batter still out instead of the runner being out and interference ignored. The PENALTY section being discussed here could lead me to think so and therefore to think this is a deliberate difference from the case under Pro rules, but, again, I think this section is just very poorly worded.
Case book play 7.3.5A implies that in the example I've given, the runner, not the batter is out which is what I suspect to be the intent.
Does anyone else have any opinion on this matter?
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