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Originally Posted by Skarecrow
Disagree. He is a batter at the start of the play, same as any other batter who interferes. The ball hitting the catcher's glove doesn't change batter's role after the pitch is delivered. He is still the batter for interpreting BI.
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Let's use the FED book:
8-1-1 "The batter becomes a runner ... when:"
(b) He is charged with a 3rd strike.
So it seems to me that once strike 3 is called, he is no longer a batter, but a runner, so there is no way you can call batter's interference.