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Runner at 2B one out. Ground ball to second baseman who throws runner out at first, runner advances to third. Retired batter returns to 3B dugout across the infield. 1B inadvertently hits retired runner in the back while returning ball to pitcher. Ball drops to ground and runner from third scores. Umpire should probably not allowed runner to use that path to return to dugout but caught that action too late. I don't know how a penalty can be imposed on a retired runner so is there interference? The action of the return throw was inadvertent so is this a live play or does the runner return to third or is a penalty imposed (called out)on the runner who scored?
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Although the bar for INT is lower for retired runners than it is for runners, the retired runner is not required to disappear, and returning to the dugout across the field during a live ball is legal.
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Shaun, Jim's not trying to "make you out to be an idiot". Jim subscribes to the sacrosanct-ness of the Rules, which is if there is INT, then there must be (somebody) Out. And, in the Fed rulebook espe
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Your last sentence is not accurate, as shown above. The problem is finding a rules basis for the solution you and others have proposed. We can call it INT and have it supported (and being the har
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