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I'm having trouble with the order of events. Did the step land clearly before the bat left the batter's hands? If so - how his this bat sent on a trajectory TOWARD the catcher? Very odd. TWP for sure.
That said - it's only illegal to HIT the ball while outside the batter's box. It's not illegal to ATTEMPT to hit, and miss.
I still have CI (really, CO) in B. I can't even visualize C, but it sounds like interference on the batter to me.
For B to happen (whether the batter is out of the box or not), the catcher clearly has to be encroaching on the batter's territory. Can't do that - and if something bad happens, it's your fault, catch.
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