CR/SFG Catcher or Batter Interference?

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

If this was my call, I'm calling interference and not one person on this board can say it would be the wrong call......

I would, because based on what happened in THIS play, it would be the wrong call. For someone who claims not to be able to tell what's in a player's mind, you're being awfully assumptive by now claiming the batter didn't know it was a pitch out. Huh? Of course he did! Just what do you think he was swinging at? He knew it was a pitchout, he made an attempt to mess with the catcher, he interfered.

This opinion has nothing to do with the fact that an MLB Umpire made this call. It has to do with the evidence shown in that replay, evidence which is fairly clear. Even the Jaksa/Roder manual, which, according to the Joint Committee on Training and Evaluation, is the official authority on rulings, explains why situations like this would be batter's interference. I find it amazing that you imply they're wrong as well.