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Originally Posted by Scooby
I had this play yesterday in a NIAI game.
R1 on first no outs. R1 steals on the pitch and after the ball is in the catchers glove, B2 swings. No attempt at the ball just wanted to get in the way, but also there was no interference. I made the call no strike since there was no attempt at the ball and no interference. Needless to say the defensive coach was not happy. I explained that if I ruled it a strike and there was contact (bat on the glove) then I would have to have been obstruction since it would be a legitimate swing. So I was leaving the opptunity open to call interference.
What would you have had?
I think that I should have called it a strike and if there was contact then no strike and interference.
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I am not quite sure what you are saying here. Are you saying that the batter swung after the ball was clearly in the catcher's mitt and there was contact of some sort? Or, are you saying that the batter was trying to prevent the catcher from being able to make a play on R1's steal of second? Or are you saying none of the above?
From what I am reading from your post, I have nothing other than a swinging strike, but as I said, I am not quite sure I understand your scenario.
Also, what is NIAI? Or are you talking about NAIA?