[Pete in AZ]

I can't believe what I'm reading. BigUmp 56 is right that there is too much name calling but his recent posts here have done a lot of that. San Diego Steve acted just like Thomas White by stirring up the hornet's nest. Nothing was accomplished by his post except to try to antagonize. SAump needs to read the original play again. The post describes the catcher attempting to throw out a runner at third. Since the ball was not hit, the runner had to be stealing or was caught in too big of a lead off of third. Either way, the batter caused the interference by tossing his bat in front of the catcher who was making a play. A few members have pointed out that there is no way to judge that he didn't have intent here. A left handed batter could clearly see what was going on and should not be allowed to toss his bat in front of the catcher. When in doubt, we don't reward the team that gained an unfair advantage. I agree that this is an easy call to make, like a late swing that causes the catcher to alter his throw or prohibit the throw - batter interference.

Stop the name calling and start trying to answer the question. 6.05 was correctly applied.