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Originally posted by GarthB
The decision to be made is: did the batter or did not the batter intefere with the catcher?
Next: did the catcher's throw retire R1 or not?
If the throw retired R1, ignore the interference. If it did not, the batter is out, R1 returns to first.
The mechanic we use locally: Plate umpire swings out from behind the catcher, points at the batter and says: That's interference!
He determines the outcome of the play at second. If R1 is out, he ignores the interference. If R1 was not put out, the PU continues: Time. That's interference, batter is out. You (pointing at R1), first base.
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Garth is right on with this. Also keep in mind that if the batter stays in his box but the backswing of the batter hits the catcher, in Fed ball it is still interference and batter is out, runner back to 1st. In OBR it falls under the exception, some know it as soft interference, in which the runner is put back on 1st but the batter is not out.