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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
I had a play on Friday here at the USSSA in St Louis.
With a runner on First, the batter pretneds to be faking a bunt and brings the bat back in a manner to interfere with the catcher trying to catch the pitch and throw out the runner.
I have seen it many times before but, in this case, the batter actually hit the catcher's glove. Since, in my judegement, the batter was making no effort to hit the pitch and only trying to hinder the catcher, I called her out for interference and sent the runner back to first.
My partner was the UIC who said I nailed it.
My question is this: what sort of line do you draw in your mind on when this is interference?
Joe in Missouri
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The fake bunt part probably does not matter, what matters is the bat hindering the catcher's play. The only question is which rule sets require intent. If intent required, the "line in my mind" would be just my reaction to the batter's move, where she is looking, etc.