Batter interferes with catcher

[Patrick Szalapski]

Originally posted by wobster
The way I have always called it is if it is incidental and the batter is clearly trying to get out of the way, that's just baseball. The push, might put me over the limit, though.

I definitely agree with Rich. The batter here is doing something weird. The catcher has a right to field that ball, but the batter is not experienced enough to know what to do. "That's interference!"

Coaches need to teach the batters. "Ball's near, stay still here. Home plate play, move away." This batter should have waited until the catcher and ball went away, then moved in some other direction to allow the defense to try to play on the runner at home.

P-Sz