Thread: Foul pop
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Old Mon Apr 12, 2010, 06:59am
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Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM) View Post
If the latter, and you believe the ball would have gone fair if the batter had not allowed it to hit him, call the batter out for interference & return any runners.
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Applying 7-4-1i, I would say that the batter must intentionally prevent the foul ball from becoming fair before he's guilty of INT. Mere negligence in failing to get out of the way is not sufficient on this play.
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