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Old Wed Mar 24, 2010, 09:10am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by bossman72 View Post
7-11-h AR2 Exception

But after reading that, I just caught the end that says "unless runners are stealing on the pitch," so it's the same in all codes.
Note also that the ARs apply to "deflecting the ball" not "interfereing with the catcher"

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Originally Posted by bossman72 View Post
Let's use the FED book:

8-1-1 "The batter becomes a runner ... when:"
(b) He is charged with a 3rd strike.

So it seems to me that once strike 3 is called, he is no longer a batter, but a runner, so there is no way you can call batter's interference.
In FED parlance, he's now a "retired runner". I think the same concept can apply (at least in this play) to the other codes.
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