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Originally Posted by DG
He is swinging to give a distraction to the catcher, not to hit the ball, but he happens to hit the mitt. Interference.
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So you can read the batters mind?
I have always been coached and I always have coached that in a situation like this, a hit and run with a pitch-out, the batter swings for two reasons. The first, is to try to put the ball in play or foul it off. The second is to keep the catcher back where he should be and not moving forward to catch the pitch sooner and get into postion quicker, like he did here. If the catcher would have stayed back where he should be and not jump into the other batters box, then nothing would have happened. Catcher Interference.