Busch League or smart play? Illegal? Drop 3rd Strike.

[MarkPSkins]

I know you put an onus on defense, in this case P2, to know and understand the rules of the drop third strike, but shouldn't there also be some sort of an responsibility of the offense to also know and understand and not blatantly violate the same rules...

The reason I say this is because I know coaches that teach kids to take off after any third strike to first base regardless if 1B is occupied. Now I'm not talking about the drilled in reaction of just taking a couple of quick steps to first out of habit after a 3rd strike, I'm talking about the running all the way thing. I think it's Bush League to try and draw a throw when you have already been put out.

Scenario, ASA FP, bases loaded, 1 or no outs. Batter swings and misses third strike and a catcher drops the ball. BR now takes off to first on the DTS. Cather throws to 1st in confusion of seeing the BR take off, and then R1 scores (Note: R1 was not running home until after the throw). Could we have Interference, or maybe 10-1-L here?

Of course she should not have thrown to 1st. She should have known that 1B was occupied. But is this not a tactic designed to confuse the defense's effort to execute play, in this case, simply retrieving the ball and throwing it back to the pitcher?