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Originally Posted by Rufus
Bob - thanks, this is exactly what I was trying to get at. How, specifically, would a batter "act like a batter" after missing a squeeze bunt, with R3 coming to home, and not interfere with the catcher? Does that mean back out of the way, remain in the box, etc.? If the answer is that it's up to the PU's discretion/judgement as to what is/isn't interference that's fine, but I would like to know what is typically considered to be a non-interference action by the batter.
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R3 coming home on a squeeze and B1 bunting all happen in a heartbeat.
You cannot expect the batter to simply vanish from the plate area. On a squeeze play after the batter trys to bunt the ball and misses it, the runner for the most part is almost at home plate already so unless the batter does something "extra" it's a difficult call to rule BI.
The bottom line is: Umpire Judgement. That's why they pay us the "big bucks"
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