Batter's Interference or Not?

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

You have answered your own question, you said you felt the catcher initiated the contact in an attempt to draw an interference call.

And " She hadn't even recovered fully from missing the pitch."

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

And " She hadn't even recovered fully from missing the pitch."

And, "was clearly in the the box".

[teebob21]

7-6-R,S,T (paraphrased): The batter is out when:

R: hindering the catcher from catching or throwing by stepping out of the box (NOPE)
S: actively hindering the catcher while in the box (NOPE)
T: intentionally interfering with a thrown ball (NOPE)

Stuff like this typically gets an immediate verbal warning from me to keep the cheap contact to a minimum, like when the runner advances on a passed ball and "clips" the obstructing fielder with a shoulder. Unless I was completely surprised by the catcher's actions, my call would have been "Hey, catcher, knock it off!". There's no mechanic in the book for this but I usually am giving a signal like:

[jwwashburn]

The "in the box" part irrelevant if the batter "actively interferes" ie: is moving.

If your catcher intentionally contacted the batter then, it was probably not interference.