Batter-Runner on uncaught 3rd strike and loose ball

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by UmpireErnie

Exactly the main point most of us here have been trying to make.. U3K bounces off F2 the the BRs leg I am probably calling nothing and F2 better go get the ball and make the play. But if the BR kicks the ball, even unintentionally i.e. the ball bounces off F2 and into BRs path and she kicks it.. now she has done something, taken action that no matter how inadvertent has taken away the opportunity for F2 to make a play. This is what interference is all about.

Contacted my state association. The response was basically this. If the batter-runner just has the bball bounce off her and does nothing else to interfer, there is no call. That is from the person in charge of softball in my states hs association. If she moves to into the ball then it is interference.

[MD Longhorn]

I believe this was essentially what the very first answer was to this question.