- 0
Catcher's balk/interference??
Umpire-Empire locks topics which have not been active in the last year. The thread you are viewing hasn't been active in 2434 days so you will not be able to post. We do recommend you starting a new topic to find out what's new in the world of umpiring.

Question
Young_Ump
Little League Juniors game. I'm behind the plate. Runner on first base takes off for second, pitcher throws the slowest pitch ever and the batter has no intention of swinging at it. The catcher comes all the way out on top of home plate to catch the ball and throw it down to second. First thing I did was call the pitch a ball. Then I thought about the so-called catcher's balk rule. But since we give warnings for balks anyways, I didn't call anything other than a ball. I know OBR only has that as a balk + catcher's interference, but only with R3 stealing home... should I have called a catcher's balk or catcher's interference? And can you have a catcher's balk with a runner stealing 2nd or 3rd?
Top Posters For This Question
5
4
3
3
Popular Days
Oct 11
21
Oct 12
2
Oct 14
2
Oct 15
2
Top Posters For This Question
Jimurray 5 posts
The Man in Blue 4 posts
beerguy55 3 posts
Young_Ump 3 posts
Popular Days
Oct 11 2019
21 posts
Oct 12 2019
2 posts
Oct 14 2019
2 posts
Oct 15 2019
2 posts
Popular Posts
noumpere
Get the CI. It's best to learn at this level.
beerguy55
Because you don't want to require the batter to kill the catcher to get a CI call. The catcher prevented the batter's ability to attempt to hit the ball - think of it that way.
beerguy55
Thanks - this could get stupid in the Atlantic League...
26 answers to this question
Recommended Posts