Bi??

tibear · #1 (**permalink**) Wed May 30, 2012, 09:08am

Pretty sure we got this one right but just confirming with the experts!!

2 out and R3 stealing home on a wild pitch, ball hits the backstop and rolls along the fence up the third base side. Right handed batter backs up about 10 feet from the home plate and stands facing the plate wanting to watch the play.

Catcher grabs the ball and sidearms it to homeplate without looking and hits the batter right in the middle of the back. Play would have been close at home plate. PU calls the batter out BI.

Of course the offense said that the batter was no where near home plate so they could not be called for interference however, our opinion was that instead of being an observer of the play at the plate that the batter should have ensured that they were positioned in such a way as to not get in the way of the catcher's throw.

Did we make the right call?

MD Longhorn · #2 (**permalink**) Wed May 30, 2012, 09:42am

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Originally Posted by tibear

Pretty sure we got this one right but just confirming with the experts!!

2 out and R3 stealing home on a wild pitch, ball hits the backstop and rolls along the fence up the third base side. Right handed batter backs up about 10 feet from the home plate and stands facing the plate wanting to watch the play.

Catcher grabs the ball and sidearms it to homeplate without looking and hits the batter right in the middle of the back. Play would have been close at home plate. PU calls the batter out BI.

Of course the offense said that the batter was no where near home plate so they could not be called for interference however, our opinion was that instead of being an observer of the play at the plate that the batter should have ensured that they were positioned in such a way as to not get in the way of the catcher's throw.

Did we make the right call?

Sounds like you got it to me, assuming your statement that the play would have been close is true. The statement by the coach that "batter was no where near home plate so they could not be called for interference" is really dumb.