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Originally Posted by MNBlue
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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How about if the ball was 'on the line' (i.e. in fair territory) at the time of contact between players and then rolled foul? As in the OP, the ball is neither fair nor foul at that moment.