without first going to rules and clarifications, which mike posted on an early play and i read, i believe asa would leave this to the judgement of the umpire. I request everyone read that and get back on this topic.

ron

it is from January 2010 and no i do not have the link. it deals with balls bouncing back from the fence behind the catcher. The key there is that what does the batter do after it has struck him or her. If it just strikes her (brain dead batter) and the batter does nothing after that that constitutes interference then it is nothing.

thus, we have a live ball in fair territory that the runner hits and impedes the catcher. look at the bunts where a batter is running and the ball just happens to nick em. what ya got? inter... same thing for me.

thanks,