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Originally Posted by Andy
The batter has the right to remain in the batter's box to attempt to hit the ball and any movement associated with that action. Once the batter starts doing something else, the "protection" of being in the box goes away.
As described, this batter was moving to try to get out of the way of the catcher trying to retrieve the ball and make a play on an advancing runner. Unless the umpire determines that the catcher intentionally threw the ball at the batter, the batter's actions of moving out of the way can be considered an act of interference.
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The reason I asked was that xtremeump stated that the "catcher threw the ball right into the batter".... leading me to wonder about the details.... as always HTBT...