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Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first:
hrmmm, looked it up too.. don't see immediate or instantaneous or you must field the ball in the fashion the umpire thinks they should. Nor do i find those in 2-47-3b
Now if she stopped, lit up a smoke and took a dump.... maybe that would preclude the initial play definition. ok, im reaching here.(a little) 
but per the OP all she did is hesitate. (pause ,read, react)
Sounds familiar?
Not once in the OP did the umpire think or mention that F6 tried to draw the INT (here we can judge intent).... so it must be INT.
DMR |
So, just how many defenders does the "initial play" protect? If F8 was moving to get a deflected ball garner the same protection?
Seems from the OP, not only was F6 involved in the initial play, but wasn't remotely involved in the play, deflected or not.
I see this as an inattentive fielder vs. a runner who has the right to advance. From the OP, the fielder ran into the runner, not the other way around.
The more I read the OP and the more I read the tap-dancing attempt to justify an INT call, the more solid my support of RKB's becomes.