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The monkey wrench thrown into any ruling might be the "EFFECT" that follows Rules 8-7 A through E.
It says (in part) that when one of the infractions in sections A-E occur, "The ball is live and the runner is out".
Well, no, not on a ball that has cleared the fence it isn't. The Rules Supplement for passing a runner (#39) also states that on this violation the ball remains live.
How can it remain live if it is dead when it cleared the fence? Is the inferrence that passing a preceeding runner is a live ball violation, much the same as assisting a runner is a live ball violation?
Beats me, but I suspect that is the glitch that Mike is drawing our attention to.
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