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Kalix:
I don't need to re-read anything. You are back to reading the words and not the intent of the rules.
Read J/R, read JEA, read the BRD. If a batter interferes with the catcher's throw to another base in order to attempt to retire a runner, it is still an out under 6.06c. If you want to get litteral, he DID interfere at HOME BASE because that is where the catcher was. It makes no difference that the attempt was to another base.
Play: R1, going on the pitch. Batter swings and misses the pitch, and loses his balance falling out over home plate, and blocking the catcher's attempted throw to 2B. What are you going to call? According to your interpretation, the play was not at HOME BASE, so the batter is not guilty of interference. Shoot, the batter may not have even left the box, but just leaned forward as part of the swing. If so, he is still in the box and his actions were not intentional, and you going to call nothing? You had better not, this is interference under 6.06c, batter is out, and the runner returned.
But 6.06c does not apply to the original post here because one the ball got away from the catcher (i.e., not in his immediate reach), the person standing at the plate is NOT a batter, he is now an offensive teammate. IF you judged that he interfered with a play at the plate (and his actions must be blatant and avoidable to even have interference), the RUNNER is out, unless there was two outs. Granted, the person who interferes is normally the person who is out, but this is a notable exception, and the exception comes under 7.09c, not 6.06c.
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