[Dakota]

Originally posted by whiskers_ump
...for me to have interference on a batter-runner running after 3RD strike, she better be *waving arms*, hopping/skipping or something to create interference.
{I am talking about 1B being ocuppied less than 2 outs]

Let's look at one of Mike's comments, earlier:

Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
Also, B2 was never a runner. B2 was never a batter-runner. B2 was only a batter and the rule book says that when a batter affects the play while out of the batter's box is interference and no intention is required.

This is referring to 7-6O. Sam's response:

Originally posted by SamNVa
7.6.O(1) says that if a batter steps out of the box and hinders the catcher then interference can be called without regard to intent. However 7.6.O(3) states that any interference with a throw must be intentional whether the batter is in OR OUT of the box.

A typical play where 7-6O1 comes into force is a wild pitch, the batter steps back out of the box, and forces the catcher to run around her to chase down the ball. She is interfering with the catcher, not a thrown ball. 7-603 deals with the thrown ball, in or out of the batter's box, and here it must be intentional. So, in the play we are discussing, 7-6O1 does not apply because the player is not hindering the catcher from chasing down the ball, and is not hindering the catcher from throwing the ball. She is struck by a thrown ball, so to be interference it must be intentional.

Originally posted by whiskers_ump
Lets change this a little...Runner on 1B--1 out,
batter strikes out, catcher muffs ball..groping
around for ball, see BR going towards apparently
first base. ( However, 12-15 feet down line BR veers off
and goes towards her dugout area)
catchers seeing BR moving towards 1B fires in general
direction, ball ends up in RF, runner on 1B advances
to 2B. Do we have anything, and if so, what?

glen

I still have nothing. Maybe she was merely trying to draw the throw and not really running to 1B, but the rule doesn't say she needs to be running to 1B, only that This [continuing to run and drawing a throw as a form of interference] does not apply to the batter-runner running {Where & for what intent? It doesn't say.} on the dropped third strike rule.

My call would be live ball, play on.