Situation: LL Majors. Two outs runner on third. Wild pitch to the third base side of the plate. Runner coming in from third, pitcher covering the plate, batter takes a couple of steps out of the batters box directly in the path of the ball being tossed to the pitcher by the catcher. Ball hit the batter in the back. I call interference on the batter, inning over. In a prior post, a situation similar to this one of the answers given is that since there was no deliberate interference, no interference should be called. I look at the definition for interference (LL Rule Book - 2.0) and no real mention of deliberation is included. I based my call on this and on 7.08g; Any runner is out - g. "attempting to score on a play in which the batter interferes with the play at home base before two are out. With two out, the interference puts the batter out and no runs score." Thanks...
Scott
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