[papablue]

I'm going to go against the perceived grain on this one, at the risk of angering the "gods"....

Per 6.06(c), solely being within the batter's box does not necessarily protect BR from an interference call -- he can get that call for "making any... movement that hinders the catcher's play at home base." For example, BR positions initially at the front of the box, and then shifts to the back of the box -- he can still interfere with F2. And the interference does not have to be intentional in this case.

In this particular play, BR had to lift his foot to then step on the ball. This would imply that he didn't stand stock still; he made some movement within the box that caused his foot to come up and then down on the ball.

If this play happened in my game, and I felt F2 still had a reasonable play to retire the runner, I'd call the IF.



[Edited by papablue on Sep 14th, 2005 at 05:07 PM]