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I believe that you made the right call, and since neither coach fought with you, it seems that they thought the same. I've found that the interference call is a difficult one to make, because of the wording, "in the mind of the umpire" did the player "intentially" inferfere with the play. I've brought this up before at meetings, and it seems that there hasn't a consences. I look at "intent" on both the offensive player and the defensive player. Did the batter intentually interfere with the catcher in order to give her runner and unfair advantage? Or did the catcher, seeing an opportunity to get a call, throw the ball looking for interference. I've overheard coaches tell their catchers to throw the ball, hoping that it will hit a runner along the base line or a batter out of the box, in hopes of getting an interference call. To me interference must be intentual on the part of the player..that is she makes a cognitive decision to interfere with the play, much like Rodriguez did in the playoffs last year.
To make a long story short, in my mind, your call was the correct one.
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