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Originally posted by ChampaignBlue
The offense doesn't benifit by INT on CO because it deadens the ball and everyone gets only the one which they would have gotten had there not been INT. The offense in fact could lose by INT because had they let the play go they would have had a chance to advance more than one base if the defense boots the play. If the INT occurs after everyone has advanced then the CO is ignored and the INT outs would stand and the coach is not given the option. If the INT is also UC then the UC takes hold but UC does not always translate to an out. Jim
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Jim,
The only problem with your take is that if all runners advance one base and the BR reaches 1B safely, by rule the CO never existed and an interference call is not the after-the-fact type of call. Therefore, if the offense scores on a play that they may not have had the INT not occurred, and all offensive players moved up one base safely, the offense not only gains an advantage, but could possibly score the winning run on such a play.
Many to whom I spoke this past weekend in OKC tend to agree that on this play, both offenses (INT & CO) should be handled as independent events. Since the INT killed the play, that is effected first and then apply the CO.