[cowbyfan1]

yes be careful about the way you word these things. "Intentional" is not in this rule. Nor is the box a safe haven as mentioned before. The batter may stay in the box but if he moves which causes the umpire to feel he interfered then that is good enough. I had a batter stay in his box but he took a step back to be able to look down at 3rd and in doing so stepped into the path of the cather and took the throw in his helmet. He was in the box and it was not intentional but it was interference.

The other day I had one stay still in his box and the catcher was getting all up into the batter. He and the coach wanted interfernce but the batter did not move to cause the interfernce so I did not award it. The catcher reminded me of the Reggie Miller interview I saw over the weekend about how Reggie would stick a foot out to contact the defender and get a foul on the shot attempt. The catcher tried to basically do the same thing. I actually found it rather humerous.