Hi, Josh,
Don't know if you were thinking of Jaksa/Roder, but it says:
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The granting of protection to a fielder may be withheld momentarily on slowly developing plays:
(b) If a ball is rolling along a foul line, and a fielder is moving along with it, but opting not to reach for the ball (waiting to see if the ball will roll foul), the fielder is not protected.
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(2004 ed. at 98, italics in original)
I agree, it's hard to tell from the original post if F3 was attempting to field the ball at the time of contact, or was essentially heeding F2's call to let it roll foul. Might be interference, might be nuttin'. This statement would seem to indicate the former.
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the fielder, after contact, waited for the ball to stop before picking it up.
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I'm leaning towards interference, since it reads like F3 was still crouched to field an approaching batted ball, and only decided (was forced?) to let it roll to a stop after contact.
Cheers,
Bob James