D3K - batter's follow through hits catcher

[SleptTilNoonLOL]

Nobody on, outs dont matter. FED but I'm pretty sure its the same in all codes. 

0-2 pitch in dirt batter fooled and swings and misses, his follow through comes back and hits F2 in the back as F2 was starting to come out of his crouch and coming forward to retrieve the ball. F2 did not react, and picked up the ball and threw to first for the easy out. I kinda froze on it because the definition of interference is "hindering a play" which F2 did not seem to be hindered by it at all. In retrospect I believe I should have killed it immediately and called the batter out for INT. Thoughts?

[The Man in Blue]

That is the weird thing with interference ... if it doesn't interfere, it technically isn't interference.  However, if you call interference as you should when it happens, you kill it and we'll never know.

Yes, you should have called him out immediately.  Immediate dead ball in NFHS.

[Richvee]

1 hour ago, The Man in Blue said:

That is the weird thing with interference ... if it doesn't interfere, it technically isn't interference.  However, if you call interference as you should when it happens, you kill it and we'll never know.

Yes, you should have called him out immediately.  Immediate dead ball in NFHS.

I think all 3 codes agree here.