Interferance call on Derosa?

Huh? The Rangers played misserable tonite, making silly errors and such, so
I am not going to blame the loss on that. They probablly wouldnt win this
game anyway.

Isnt Derosa allowed a swing through? How is it the catcher can get up step
into the batters box to make the throw to second and make contact with
Derosas batt (not even enough to make him wince) and get a interferance call
to end the game?

Also, I find it interesting that the A's have ended two games this year with
an interferance call with the same umpire crew.

*mavs* wrote:
> Huh? The Rangers played misserable tonite, making silly errors and such, so
> I am not going to blame the loss on that. They probablly wouldnt win this
> game anyway.
>
> Isnt Derosa allowed a swing through? How is it the catcher can get up step
> into the batters box to make the throw to second and make contact with
> Derosas batt (not even enough to make him wince) and get a interferance call
> to end the game?

DeRosa's entire body was right in front of the plate, so technically
he was out of the batters box. On the previous swing, he wandered
all the way across the plate and out of the left hander's batters box.

One rule (6.06c) doesn't penalize the batter if the backswing makes
contact with the catcher before the ball is cleanly caught, but Kendall
had already caught it, and was of course making a throw while
DeRosa was out of the batters box.

> Also, I find it interesting that the A's have ended two games this year with
> an interferance call with the same umpire crew.

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/runner_7.jsp

7.09
It is interference by a batter or a runner when --

(e) Any batter or runner who has just been put out hinders or
impedes any following play being made on a runner. Such runner
shall be declared out for the interference of his teammate;

** ** **

If the same thing had happened on the previous pitch, Rule
6.06c would have applied:

<http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/batter_6.jsp>

6.06
A batter is out for illegal action when --

(c) He interferes with the catcher's fielding or throwing by stepping
out of the batter's box or making any other movement that hinders
the catcher's play at home base. EXCEPTION: Batter is not out if
any runner attempting to advance is put out, or if runner trying to
score is called out for batter's interference.

Rule 6.06(c) Comment: If the batter interferes with the catcher, the
plate umpire shall call "interference." The batter is out and the
ball dead. No player may advance on such interference (offensive
interference) and all runners must return to the last base that was,
in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the
interference.

If, however, the catcher makes a play and the runner attempting to
advance is put out, it is to be assumed there was no actual
interference and that runner is out-not the batter. Any other
runners on the base at the time may advance as the ruling is
that there is no actual interference if a runner is retired. In that
case play proceeds just as if no violation had been called.

If a batter strikes at a ball and misses and swings so hard he
carries the bat all the way around and, in the umpire's judgment,
unintentionally hits the catcher or the ball in back of him on the
backswing before the catcher has securely held the ball, it shall
be called a strike only (not interference). The ball will be dead,
however, and no runner shall advance on the play.