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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Agreed the IFR out isn't recorded until all the necessary elements exist; and that requires the fair ball. When B3 contacts the ball in fair territory, that makes the ball fair by rule, and we do have interference, as the interference would supercede the IFR and make the dead ball we all agree we need to have. BUT, let me add that the current rule (which I have not seen in a 2007 rulebook) reportedly does NOT require "intent", rather it requires "actively".
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Not sure which rule you are discussing. If it is batter interference, that rule has not changed. 8-2.6 "batter-runner makes contact with a fair batted ball before reaching 1B."
Retired runner rule (8-6.18) also has not changed. It still requires intent.
Remember, this is FED, not ASA. FED rule changes follow ASA a year later. (FED rules are put to bed long before ASA publishes their changes.)