Interference

[Buck912]

I want to give one more opinion about the #2 situation and I agree with Mike and Roger. Interference does not have to be intentional. That part should be clear to all of us. As a matter of fact, the majority of the batter interference calls I've made have been when the batter exits the batters box. Then it seems like the more they move to get out of the catcher's way, they just make things worse by getting in the way and preventing her from making the play on the runner, either by a delayed throw, bad throw, or no throw at all. This batter is not doing this intentionally, however, it's interference. That one should not be tough to call. When she leaves the batter's box, she has to give way to the catcher and let her do her job. The best thing for the batter to do (in my opinion) is to just stay in the box, become a statue and make no movement. That cannot or should not be called batter interference. At least, I wouldn't call it. The coaches that know this rule teach their players to do that. The ones that don't know it are the ones that stick to their opinion that the batter has to get out of the box. That's the way I see it, that's my story and I'm sticking to it......