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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Because without an attempt, how would you rule that it prevented anything? There wasn't anything to prevent.
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Because of the CI, there wasn't a pitch for the batter to attempt to hit.
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The same logic applies to batter's interference. If the batter swings too hard and blocks the catcher with R1 stealing, but the catcher just stands there and doesn't attempt a throw, it is not interference.
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No it doesn't.
From J/R: It is catcher's interference if the catcher is on or forward of the tip of home plate (or "on fair territory") to get the pitch and
prevents the batter's opportunity to swing at or bunt such pitch.
Although the rule reference (7.07) and two examples given by J/R both entail a runner coming home (steal & squeeze), any contention that this limits this form of CI to those stated examples is just silly. 7.07 exists to prescribe the additional penalty (balk) for that specific situation. You need go no further than 2.00 for CI.