Inteference By Batter On SAC Bunt (Video)
 

BR sac bunt attempt. Ball bounces up in the air off of the plate towards 3rd base line. Batter freezes in batter's box as catcher starts to go after the ball. Catcher runs into batter still in the box .

Is the batter/runner out for interference?

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Sounds like a simple scramble/unscramble to me.

Dan Iassogna call it INT.

Kemp out on interference | MLB.com

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He didn't freeze, though; he moved out in front of the catcher.

Unlike Tim C, it sounds like INT to me. If the batter had a chance to start running and didn't, then he's liable for interference.

That's what I would have.

It was not a sac bunt either, just a ball batted in front of the plate which went up the air, and Kemp stepped in front of the catcher and just watched the ball.

The same thing happened to Johnny Cueto today on a sac bunt in Reds vs Pirates. In this case he really didn't have time to start running.
Cueto out on batter interference | MLB.com

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If he has time to track the ball off the bat, he has time to start running.

INT.

Wow, what "time to track"? He started to looked up to see if the ball might go fair or foul, and almost simultaneously the catcher ran into his back. I've got a tangle/untangle on this one.

Kemp's was pretty obvious. He looked up and then stepped in front of the catcher.

Yes, he did. The batter is protected on the "tangle-untangle" if he nearly immediately starts to first when the ball is batted. Standing there takes away the protection.

Exactly. He looked up and didn't run. This is INT.

If you stand there and watch the ball or you freeze after a bunt, instead of running to first, then I go along with Tim C. Your out.

When the Batter and Fielder are both doing what they are supposed to, then you have a tangle/untangle situation.

Why do announcers ALWAYS disagree with the call?

Don't answer that, I know...

1975 World Series:

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