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Originally posted by wobster
The way I have always called it is if it is incidental and the batter is clearly trying to get out of the way, that's just baseball. The push, might put me over the limit, though.
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It's not just baseball. Interference does not need to be intentional and the batter is not protected when he moves into a fielder attempting to make a play. The batter moving into a fielder is not incidental contact. This sounds, from the description, like a textbook case of interference.