NCAA batter interference

[Alan G]

Originally posted by PeteBooth
Originally posted by FSCoach

This would be a good play for Papa C's (Carl Childress) BRD (Book on Basic Rule Differencies).

The only thing I can think of is: There's a term called "weak interference" meaning interference with no penalty. Since interference is a dead ball, the runners return to their TOP (Time of Pitch) bases and the pitch counts.

Pete Booth

Pete,

J/R talks about "interference without a play," but that occurs when the batter interferes in one of several ways AND the catcher is NOT making a play. But on the play in question, neither condition (for what you called "weak interference") was present. The batter did not interfere and the catcher WAS making a play.

I don't have an NCAA rule book, but my guess is that the rule is the same as OBR. Which would be, I think, live ball and play on.

[Edited by Alan G on Apr 23rd, 2002 at 08:50 AM]