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ASA 8.2.F.1
Batter-Runner is out:
When the batter-runner interferes with:
1. a fielder attempting to field a batted ball.
I think the problem is in that because the batter contacted the ball with the bat, they are a batter-runner. Not entirely true. The definition of a batter-runner is: A player who has completed a turn at bat but has not yet been put out or reached first base. 8.1.A states: The batter becomes a batter-runner: as soon as the batter legally hits a fair ball.
Since the ball is not in fair territory, the batter never completed the time at bat, nor did the batter become a batter-runner.
Just my $.02.
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Mark
NFHS, NCAA, NAFA
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?" Anton Chigurh - "No Country for Old Men"
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