Ball hits mitt then bat

[BSBAL18]

So it is my understanding that a "follow through" interference is batter-interference and NOT catchers interference. If the downswing of the batter is clean, ball is caught, and then the followthru of the batter's swing contacts the catchers mitt, this is *not* catchers interference and the call is a Strike.

Is that correct?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by BSBAL18

So it is my understanding that a "follow through" interference is batter-interference and NOT catchers interference. If the downswing of the batter is clean, ball is caught, and then the followthru of the batter's swing contacts the catchers mitt, this is *not* catchers interference and the call is a Strike.

Is that correct?

True, it is not catcher's interference.

Here is the OBR rule:

If a batter strikes at a ball and misses and swings so hard he carries the bat all the way around and, in the umpire’s judgment, unintentionally hits the catcher or the ball in back of him on the backswing, it shall be called a strike only (not interference). The ball will be dead, however, and no runner shall advance on the play.

In OBR for the play at hand the ball is dead, it's a strike. B-R cannot advance because the ball is dead. Runners return.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BSBAL18

So it is my understanding that a "follow through" interference is batter-interference

Correct in FED.

In OBR, it falls in a category called "weak interference" -- the ball is dead, it's just a strike to the batter, the batter cannot try for first if it's strike three, other runners return. There's no out for the interference (if the pitch was strike three, the batter is out on strikes).