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Old Thu Jul 17, 2014, 01:36pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
"When batter, batter-runner, on-deck batter or coach interference occurs"

If there's no play, interference didn't occur.
But you have to have a reason to kill play. Obviously you wouldn't leave the ball live because someone who shouldn't touch the ball did so.

So, do you rule it a Blocked Ball? By the ASA definition, a blocked ball could involve people not in the game. But there is no effect to that situation. RS #17 only talks of equipment, not people. Just trying to close that gap.
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