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Old Tue Mar 18, 2014, 03:07pm
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Originally Posted by LRZ View Post
Looking to broaden a discussion on another forum.

OBR. Infield fly along the 3d base line, umpire calls IF if fair. Runner intentionally interferes with F5, ball drops in fair territory and rolls foul. Runner is out for interference, but what about the batter? Does he return to the box with a strike added to the count? Or is he out on the IF as a consequence of the interference that prevented the defense from touching/catching the ball in fair territory?
By the way, by "broaden the discussion" did you mean add the "intentionally" part which was not in the OP on the other thread?
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