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If the swing is obviously late, say well after the catcher has gloved the pitch, then even though the batter may have failed to check his swing he clearly didn't offer at the pitch.
Warren:
With a R1 stealing second many coaches have a batter swing a bit late or slow enough to slow down the catcher without committing obvious interference. In these cases I rule that "yes indeedy, he went". I suppose I could call interference on the batter, but in these cases it's a tough sell and I choose to penalize the offense with the call that will bring about the lesser of the sh$t houses.
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