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Originally posted by wobster
Did the kid look like he was trying to get out of the way and happened to block the catcher, or did he purposely follow the catcher trying to block him.
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There is no doubt in my mind that there was no evil intent.
The batter was trying to get out of the way but his path just happened to cross the path of the catcher. The batter did extend his arms in a reflex action to disentangle himself, which did make the contact much more noticeable from across the field, and I thought more likely to qualify as interference.