Would you call this interference?

[bobbrix]

10 & 11 year old girls fast pitch:

runner on third stealing home after pitch gets by the catcher

pitcher runs up to the plate and receives throw from catcher, but it is not in time

now, the batter stayed in the batter's box more or less oblivious to the whole situation ... runner scores

this happens very frequently with the young ones, of course, and some fault lies with the batter and probably a lot more lies with the coach

i always try to 'train' the batters after each occurrence and almost always call to them to move back when the play is on


coach last night complained bitterly that i should have been calling those batters out every time for interference


survey: how many of you would call an 11 year old out
because she didn't move out of the batter's box
and MIGHT HAVE been in the way ??


(please note my use of the term "catcher" today !!)