I would say that Armadillo_Blue has not presented nearly enough detail on the particulars of his sitch to comment meaningfully on whether or not interference was a proper call here.
If all the batter-runner did was turn to toss his bat towards the 3B dugout and promptly proceeded to 1B, I'd have a hard time supporting an interference call.
On the other hand, if he dawdled in or near the batter's box watching the R3 approach and didn't get out of the way until "the last minute" and hindered the defense's play, interference would seem quite appropriate.
Which was it Armadillo_Blue?
JM
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