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For those who are tempted by the thought of BI here: Remember that nothing -- and I mean NOTHING -- that the batter does BY ITSELF constitutes interference. Intent to be a nuisance does not violate the rules.
In order to call batter interference, there has to be some actual hindrance of the play. In this case, it doesn't sound as if there was any: F2 threw down to 1B just fine, and there was a close play there. So BI is the wrong call in the OP, if I'm reading it correctly.
Now, even if there's hindrance on this play, I'm leery about calling BI because the batter was doing what he was supposed to be doing, namely swinging at the pitch. I don't work much ball below HS varsity, so a late swing might be suspicious in my games; but a late swing by itself will not constitute BI.
You don't want to be the kind of umpire who shows off his knowledge of the rules by looking for situations to make unusual calls. Don't be a plumber.
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