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Originally Posted by Manny A
Rule 5-1-1m says it's an immediate dead ball when a runner hinders a fielder trying to catch a foul fly. Immediate means, well, immediate.
When a runner runs into a protected fielder trying to field a fair fly ball, we don't hesitate slightly to make sure the fielder could have made that catch. Why should a foul ball be any different?
Don't get me wrong. I would prefer to hesitate. But that hesitation equates to a delayed dead ball, and the rule doesn't call for that here.
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Hmm, seems like hesitation would be required if the foul fly ball was at or approaching DBT... which, if it was DBT, then no longer a foul ball, which would negate any interference, no ?
...unlike a fair ball situation which immediacy is more apparent.