Runner stealing second...Batter pulls back a fake bunt and hits the catcher with the bat before the ball is in the catcher's mitt...is this interference on the catcher or the batter? Batter awarded first base or runner has to return to first base?
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I think the umpire has to determine if the batter pulled back into the catchers box and interfered with the throw to second or the catcher reached into the batters box and interfered with the batter. It would be a hard call without seeing the play.
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This is Catcher inteference and put the batter on first. Since the ball hadn't arrived at the plate yet, the umpire cannot say that the batter would not have changed his mind and tried to bunt the ball.
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