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Originally Posted by SAWolf
Ok, I did read it:
7.09 It is interference by a batter or a runner when:
(f) If, in the judgment of the umpire, a base runner willfully and deliberately interferes with a batted ball or a fielder in the act of fielding a batted ball with the obvious intent to break up a double play,
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Since it wasn't a batted ball this rule doesn't apply.
You had the right rule the first time.
I'd get the interference in games I work that play "pure" OBR, but the MLB judgment on this might be different (or the umpire kicked it). :shrug: