Speed Demon
Part Time Player
Yesterday's game had a interesting scenario. In our co-Ed league, a female batter was at the plate with 1 strike on her. She popped up directly over her head and the female catcher was coming to make a play on the ball. The batter never moved, but the ball hit the ground before the catcher moved into the batter's box. Here's my question, if that catcher was fast enough to run through the batter and still not make a catch on the pop up, would the batter be considered out due to "batter interference"? The closest application of the ASA rules that I applied would be Rule 8, Section F, 1. The "catcher" became a "fielder" in that instance.