Batter Hit by Catcher's Throw

[BigUmp56]

IceGator:

Just to be clear so you know where we're coming from when we mention how to rule on play number two, this is taken from the Jaska/Roder manual. This interpretation shows that the batter (now a teamate) has to do oe of two things to call interference. The first would be an overt intentional act to interfere like deliberately making contact with the catcher as he attempts to play on a runner. There are others like jumping up and down while screaming, but I think you get the picture. The second would be to knowingly and avoidably stand directly in the line of fire of F2's throw. In other words if you feel he had ample opportunity to clear out of the way, yet chose not to, then you have a case for interference.

J/R

[u]Section VI: Interference by Another Teammate[u]

This section involves interference by offensive team personnel other than the batter during a pitch, batter-runner, runner, or base coach. Examples of "other teammates” include:

a. A batter after a pitch has gone past the catcher (such batter is no longer trying to bat the pitch and is treated as an "other teammate" in a determination of whether interference has occurred)

It is interference if "another teammate":

1 .Blatantly and avoidably hinders a fielder's try to field a fair or catchable batted ball or

2. thrown ball.

Other offensive teammates must try to avoid a fielder trying to field. If they try to avoid, but contact a fielder, it is not interference. In most cases, another teammate who does not try to avoid contact with a fielder will have interfered. A dugout is dead ball territory but, in most cases, a catch in the dugout is allowed, so offensive team personnel must avoid a fielder trying to catch in their dugout.

3. Intentionally hinders or impedes a fielder's try to field a fair or catchable batted ball or thrown ball.

Example

2. R3. The 0-1 pitch goes wild past the catcher, and the batter stands back to signal his teammate to run home. The ball ricochets sharply off the backstop, and the catcher is able to retrieve it quickly and tries to throw R3 out at home. The batter, seeing that his teammate may now be thrown out, returns to the vicinity of the plate and knocks down the throw just as the pitcher is about to receive it: the runner is out unless there were two outs, in which case the batter is called out, and the run does not count.



Tim.