Not So Simple: Catcher's Interference
Вставка
- Опубліковано 29 чер 2018
- Catcher's Interference is one of the rare rules in baseball where a manager can decide to accept the interference or result of the play. If during a swing a batter's bat makes contact with the catcher's mitt interference might or might not be called. There are several levels to this rule which all coaches and players should know. Do you?
- Спорт
In high school baseball and softball (NFHS), and NCAA softball, this is called catcher obstruction, not interference. The reason being, "interference" identifies an offensive violation (dead ball) while "obstruction" identifies a defensive violation (delayed dead ball).
to supplement some of the previous discussions, let's get the nomenclature straight. "interference" is a violation by an offensive player. "obstruction" is a violation by a defensive player. i know everyone calls this catcher's "interference"; but since the catcher is a defensive player in this scenario, the proper terminology is "catcher's obstruction". the catcher's mitt "obstructs" the legal swing of the batter. i am reminded of the famous riddle by abraham lincoln: "if you call a sheep's tail a leg, how many legs does it have? answer: four. calling the tail a leg doesn't make it one." so regardless of what it has been "called", catcher's obstruction is correct. everything else in the video is correct and helpful. thank you.
Well said! NFHS baseball and ALL levels of softball rules cover it as you describe. The remaining levels of baseball should step into the 21st century!
That Lincoln quote perfectly sums up the transgender delusion today
Excellent job explaining this . Have had this happen often
If catcher’s interference stands, the catcher is then also charged with an error!
There have been times I have called CI because I heard two "taps" - the bat hitting the glove and the bat hitting the ball.
Two distinct sounds.⚾️
In high school it's known as CATCHER OBSTRUCTION.
4:00 You say the DEFENSIVE manager or coach can ask for the result of the play, sacrifice fly, rather than the runners being at 1st and 3rd. That would be the offensive coach making that choice.
yeah he mispoke
He’s says the defense coach can ask for the result of the play towards the end of the video, that’s the offensive coach.
In LL baseball (10-11 years old) tonight, I had the batter deep in the box, swung late on an inside pitch and fouled it off before hitting the catcher's glove. Is that catcher's interference or foul ball? Very odd play. I called it a foul ball (possibly incorrectly).
The example he gave with the runner on third batter hits the catcher's glove, pop up to the left fielder. He catches it as he catches it the guy on third tags up and goes home. After this happened, He said the umpire would call time award first base to the batter since he hit the catcher glove and instruct the run ,runner to go back to third. Then he said the umpire's job is done. My question is now the manager has to say something about letting the outcome and letting the run score. If a manager does not know this that's how the play happens and the play is done on the next pitch?
Manager must inform the umpire he wants the literal result of the play on the field rather than the penalty for catcher interference before the next pitch. At low levels there’s nothing wrong with educating the manager that he has an option. If the batter/ runner reaches first base and all other runners advance one base catcher interference is ignored.
What if the umpire tells the catcher to move up. That happened in Softball but no interference but what if there was
I NEVER tell a catcher to "move up."
That's the COACH'S job.⚾️🥎
Just for fun, here's a what if question ...
Runners on 2nd and 3rd, no out.
Catcher interference on ball hit to outfield. Runner from 3rd scores. Runner from 2nd also scores. Throw from outfield toward home plate to make play on runner from 2nd is cut off and batter-runner is put out at 2nd base. Ball remains live and defensive team appeals at 3rd base, saying that runner from 2nd base missed 3rd base. Umpire declares runner out for missing 3rd base.
Any action by umpire related to Catcher Interference?
Can manager of offense elect an alternative to the outcome when play has stopped?
Play stands. No options. (Runners who miss bases are deemed to have reached them for rules with the qualifier of 'runner(s) advancing a base, such as catcher's interference.)
How long after the catcher catches the ball can the batter hit the catcher's glove and have it be catcher's interference? For example, catcher catches the ball and one one thousand goes by and then the batter hits the glove?
That is a hypothetical that would not likely happen beyond 10U. But if it did, I'm not sure how it could be considered catcher obstruction. If it were to happen as the catcher is making a pickoff play, it would be batter interference.
What if there is a runner on 1st, catcher interference happens, so the batter safely makes it to first as a result of the play. If the runner on 1st (after safely reaching 2nd base), makes an attempt for 3rd during the play and gets thrown out. Does the offensive coach have the option to negate that out with the 1b runner on the way to third because of the initial interference rewarded to the batter.
Or does the defense get to keep the out, because the 1b runner advanced past 2nd base at his own risk?
Never seen this happen before, but just curious.
Thanks.
The out would stand. The manager of the offensive team would have no option.Once all runners, including the batter-runner advance at least one base when catcher's interference is called, the interference is nullified. It's the same as when a pitcher delivers a pitch following a balk. If all runners, including the batter advance one base, the balk is nullified.
Baseball Rules Academy Thank you for the response. Love watching the videos that you guys make!
Isn't the ball dead immediately after a balk?
In NFHS rules, yes, it’s dead
IF THE BALL IS ALREADY IN CATCHERS GLOVE WHEN THE BAT HITS THE GLOVE WHY WOULD THAT BE INTERFERENCE ?
Not a delayed dead ball if the batter hits fair?
Yes, so that the offensive team can decide if they want to accept the outcome of the play instead of the catcher's interference penalty.
Regarding the title of this video--yes we understand it but... the defense Obstructs / the offense Interferes. So maybe it IS not so simple!!
Thanks for checking in on this video. We are releasing a new website soon and I hope you participate in the Forum
IF THEBALL IS ALREADY IN THE CATCHERS GLOVE WHEN THE BAT HITS THE GLOVE WHY WOULD THAT BE CATCHERS INTERFERENCE
Why would the defensive manager get to decide the outcome of the play 4:00
He made a mistake in his explanation. It’s the offensive coach who can take the results of the play.
He said the “defensive coach” can call time and take the results of the play. It’s the offensive coach that can call time and take the results of the play. Not the defensive coach. But I know what he meant. Just do a better job. Not everyone will understand what he MEANT to say.
In federation rules I believe it is time and a dead ball even if dropped goes, fair, foul. Someone help an ole guy out.
You are right.
@@mikecustenborder3991 I was gonna help you out but it's been answered.
no, delayed dead ball in NFHS and if fair coaches option
It is always a delayed dead ball (at the end of playing action). In the case of a foul ball, playing action lasts only until the ball is declared foul (which is very quick). Also with a foul ball, there is no "result of a play" which automatically eliminates that option. Offense infraction (dead ball) vs. defense infraction (delayed dead ball) differentiates between interference and obstruction in NFHS baseball and all levels of softball. The rest of baseball should step into the 21st century and get with the program!
Subtitles please im mexican
🤦🏽
Interference is caused by the offense. Obstruction is caused by the defense. Ted Barrett, a former major league umpire, should have corrected this misnomer. Come on, man!
Depending on the rule set, CI is an exception. Some rule sets call it interference. Others call it obstruction.
First off, the terminology used here is wrong.
This should be called "Catcher's Obstruction", not "Catcher's Interference". "Obstruction" is called when the defense hinders the offense, and "Interference" is called when the offense hinders the defense.
In general that's correct, catcher's interference is a form of obstruction by the defense, but the term used for this act of obstruction is "catcher's interference" so the video is entirely correct. They're quite similar terms and it may seem like extreme overanalysis but it's why the terminology is the way that it is so here goes.
It's a little confusing as the rulebook actually focuses quite a bit on the details of language in its rules to prevent people from twisting the interpretation of the rules to fit their team's situation. Catcher's interference is the only act of obstruction by the defense that is called interference, because in all other forms of obstruction the word used in the official rulebook is that the runner is "impeded" in running the bases, thus "obstruction" as a term fits this situation as "impeded" implies physically blocking and obstructing the runner's path. Interference as a term fits catcher's interference better as the official catcher's interference rule states that it is interference when the catcher "hinders" the swing of the batter, which is the key word, as you can theoretically "hinder", without "obstructing" as obstructing blocks the path of something often physically whereas "hindering" is "creating difficulties in the process of."
If they had said in the rule that catcher's interference "impedes" the swing it could just be called "catcher's obstruction", however using the word "hinder" for catcher's interference covers more situations than just a catcher sticking his glove in front of the bat, even if that is what usually is called under this rule. I don't know if I've ever seen it or what it would apply to, probably some random argument from the early 1900s or something like that if the catcher touches a batter's body while swinging that he doesn't "obstruct" the batter because he didn't block the bat and the batter isn't going anywhere so he has no path to be obstructed if he's touched on the leg or something. But whatever it's designed to prevent most verbiage exists in the rulebook the way it does specifically because it was written that way due to situations that have arisen over baseball's history. Since if someone sees a loophole they'll usually jump right through it and the specific language of the rules is designed to prevent just that.
@@linollieum3742 Isn't it also catcher's interference if a runner on 3rd tries to steal home and the catcher leaves the catcher's box without possession of the ball to make a play on the runner and touches or hinders the batter? This sounds more like catcher's obstruction than interference too. Plus a balk on the pitcher or something? It's really confusing.
@@5thman677 True, that would be called a catcher's balk, it's under a different rule than catcher's interference. It usually would be called either with a runner stealing home and the catcher coming out too far to the plate or with an intentional walk stepping out of the catcher's box before the pitch is delivered. It is charged to the pitcher as a balk as a way to justify the runner being sent home in the scorebook as a weird quirk of the rules. I imagine it exists as the batter (especially a right hander) may not be looking to swing at the pitch and may be stepping out of the box if a runner is taking home so the argument would be that the batter wasn't hindered if he wasnt even ready to swing so catcher's interference may not apply on a steal of home so this exists to cover those scenarios.
Hey Mr. Textbook, for at least 100 years it has always been called catcher's interference!!!
@@dougthegreat1808 Yes, and for 100 years coaches, players, umpires, sportscasters, and fans have confused the two terms. Baseball should follow softball and step into the 21st century with the terminology!
Ted misspeaks at 4 minutes. It’s the offensive coach who can say he wants the result of the play- not the defensive coach.
You are 100% correct. The defensive coach has no say in the result of the play. Either the catchers obstruction is removed by what happens after the obstruction or the offensive coach makes a decision.
@@thomasdolby8929 if the batter/ runner reaches first base safely and all other runners advance one bade the catcher obstruction is ignored. Coach has no option.