They were definitely "purpose" pitches, Pete. The first couple of times it happened I simply told him that in my judgment there was no interference. Later, he came out to "explain" to me that if the batter doesn't stay still in the box and makes any other movement, including stepping out of the box, that he's interfered. I then told him that if there was one more instance of him trying to draw an INT call this way, I'd eject him and his pitcher.
Tim.
Last edited by BigUmp56; Mon Jul 07, 2008 at 09:40pm.
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