Only in Little League

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Bishopcolle

My apologies as well...."pitcher throws ball 3. batter thinks it is ball 4 and starts to run to first base," taken from the OP, seems to indicate that the batter BELIEVES he is a BR--he definitely isn't, but he acts like one, and he takes off (starts to run) for first base--per the OP. Therefore, the running lane is relevant to the OP, and hence, my comment that you would have interference if he is out of his running lane.....My apologies and sympathy to other posters.....

The batter's mistaken belief does not make him a runner. The batter's misinformed actions do not make him a runner.

Only the events of the game can make him a runner, and none of the events that make a batter a runner occurred in the OP. Ergo, he's just a batter, and guilty of interference.