No pitch or interference?

[Dakota]

Originally posted by Rachel
What's to stop the batter from pulling back into the catchers' glove on all steals then? This is why I asked the question.

Only your judgment of intent. Benefit of the doubt goes to the offense and catcher's obstructing in the ruling. Many lower level catchers will try to reach for the ball. She needs to learn she can't do that.

If you judge the pull back to be intentional (such clues as an "unnatural" pull back straight into the catcher's face rather than a "natural" pull back up toward the shoulder, etc.), then batter's interference. JMO.

Originally posted by Rachel
The start of the pitch is when the hands separate. So is that the point in whitch we cannot have accidental contact with the catchers' glove on the backswing?

That's the way I see it, except, as I said, with a decidedly lower level game, I can see the game management benefit of stopping the pitch and resetting.