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[mbyron]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Reference, please. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that I don't recall reading that.

J/R, Ch. 11 (eleven), sect. II (two):
"An authorized person is a person who is not team personnel,
but whose presence on LBT (or in the dugout) is authorized by
home team management. Examples of such persons would be
security guards, bat boys/girls, ball boys/girls, mascots,
photographers, etc. [3.15] [NFHS 1-2-3]"

My earlier post misleadingly suggested that authorized person interference can result from unintentional touching ("the ball hits...").