Catcher Interference

[Gre144]

Pitcher in a full wind up. R3 runs towards home as pitcher begins wind up. Pitcher continues with pitch as catcher steps out towards the plate to make the tag on R3. R3 gets tagged out but the home plate umpire calls catcher interference. Was this the right call? Keep in mind that the batter never swung at the pitch. The home plate umpire called catcher interference because the catcher was way out of the catcher box so that he could make the tag on R3. I imagine that there would have been some sort of contact with the batter if the batter made an attempt to swing but this never happened.

Thanks,

Confused

[Edited by Gre144 on May 27th, 2005 at 10:09 AM]