Wed Feb 06, 2013, 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
The answer I have is that IF it is a fair batted ball, then that is a retired offensive team member that blocked the ball, not a batter-runner; but if it ends up foul, it is simply a foul ball. Nothing inherently wrong with a batter running to first instinctively when hitting the ball, even if she can't ever actually be a batter-runner in this case.
Despite being blocked (and thus immediately dead) by the retired batter, there must be a "play" for there to be interference.
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What he said.
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