Wow... cannot believe I was falling for a "myth" all this time...
A current thread "Batted ball hits runner....or maybe not!" has a related thread down at the bottom, that deals with this exact play.
From 2003.
Not that that's relevant, but it's how long I've been misapplying this rule. I owe a lot of defenses a lot of outs.
BTW, I have a lot of umpires in my assoc. to educate as well...