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Old Thu Feb 07, 2013, 10:55am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by CecilOne View Post
Being "Stirrer of the Pot" does not necessarily mean an all-season topic.
Research to follow.
Wow, I didn't realize this was going to be such a tall order. I'm simply looking for examples of what is/isn't batter interference with the catcher and/or with plays at home plate.

The casebook is a good start. But it only covers a couple of unusual scenarios, where the batter hits the catcher with the follow-through and knocks the ball out of her mitt (I would have never called Interference on this since, at the time of the incident, there was no play being made on a runner), and where the batter pulls back the bat on a bunt attempt and hits the catcher's mitt.
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