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Sorry to be a spoil sport but rule 8-6-b does not apply to catchers obstruction, it says so specifically under 8-6-b-4 "Catcher obstruction of the batter is covered under rule 8,Section 1D." and there is no mention of INT there. So, by rule, I still maintain that the correct call on INT after CO is dead ball, coaches choice. I like the fed idea of including INT "not caused by Obstruction" then when we have the situation of a runner getting hit by a batted ball after CO we can enforce the CO but when we have a runner that INT's with a throw we can have the INT override the CO (I agree that there should be a penalty for stupidly INTing when you've got a CO penalty coming up, I just don't like the idea of there being no penalty for CO when the INT was caused by the CO). Jim
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