Catcher obstruction

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by IamMatt

Have any of you seen a case where the batter did this intentionally? Would not be easy to execute, but might a batter in that situation wait til the catcher had placed her mitt in its most "up and forward" position to catch the ball then swing widely enough to hit part of the mitt with her bat?

I allowed for that possibility with the statement that if the umpire judges the swing to be an attempt to bat the ball... However, I've never seen a late swing where I actually thought the batter was swinging at the catcher's mitt. It is possible, though.