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Originally Posted by Bulldog
msavakinas, This play sounds a little different then Huskerblue's play on a deflected ball.
In OBR, If he's out of the box, you got something.
6.60(c) A batter is out for illegal action when - He interferes with the catcher's fielding or throwing by stepping out of the batter's box or making any other movement that hinders the catcher's play at home base.
If he's out of the box and interferes with a play intentional or not, it's far easier to make the interference call (delayed dead ball) rather than explaining to the defensive manager why this should not be called. With two outs in the play you described the batter would be out no run score. This would be the same in Fed.
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6.06(c) applies if the ball is CLEANLY caught by F2. Once the ball gets away from F2 then the rules regarding a batter (meaning rule 6) no longer apply. You then have to go to rule 7.09 / 7.11 to get your answer.
One thing to rememebr as another poster said: Do not "bail out the defense" when they make an errant throw or misplay the ball. The offense has to do "something intentional" in order to rule interference.
Pete Booth