[johnnyg08]

By the way....the batter has no clue that it's a pitchout probably until the last moment where he will decide to swing at the pitch or not...hitters are trained on a hit and run to swing at anything...the batter here made a legit, legal attempt at the pitch here...hitters swing and miss at pitches all the time. In a sitch like this...no matter what the call will be 50% of the players on the field and in the dugout will be pissed...I guess we can agree to disagree...just because this umpire is MLB, doesn't make his call 100% correct, interference/obstruction/etc...are judgement calls...all of what's been said on here is relevant and that's what makes umpiring great...if you know the rules, you have the power/authority to make judgement calls that often times lead to arguments by players/managers on each team. If this was my call, I'm calling interference and not one person on this board can say it would be the wrong call...just like I probably wouldn't argue a whole lot if an umpire called BI...but in my judgement, this is CI, not BI...