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Originally Posted by UMP25
Bob,
J/R doesn't differentiate between the two, but at school Mssrs. Jaksa and Roder both focused more on the batted ball, explaining that interference shouldn't be called unless contact was blatant and avoidable. This is something with which I agree.
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I think that what you've said is consistent with what Bob said: he simply emphasized that the burden is definitely on the coach to get out of the way of a batted ball.
For example, I can imagine a base coach not watching the ball, covering his head with his hands, and backing up directly into the space where F3 needs to be to catch a pop foul.
In this case, I'm calling interference because, although the coach was trying to avoid, he failed, and the ball was catchable. IOW, the contact was avoidable, even though the coach didn't avoid it.
Do you disagree?