If you buy in to the PREMISE that Illegal Kicking, Illegal Batting and Illegal Forward Passes are all exceptions
to the "New" Post All-But-One Penalty enforcement we are living with in 2023, then look no further than the
RULING of 9.7.3 SITUATION in your 2023 Casebook
Its a weird play but it does involve an Illegal Bat behind the LOS during a loose ball play which is logically the same play you all have been discussing.
Thoughts?