Batter Hit By Pickoff Throw From Catcher

[Gfoley4]

saw this clip, what would you have here? Interested in all codes including baseball. 

[Velho]

"Need a new catcher coach"

[grayhawk]

Eject the catcher and call the police. Okay, I'm halfway kidding about the police, but the batter has been battered. This should be a criminal act.

[Velho]

Not applicable to this play since that throw was not an attempt to retire a runner but it did bring a question to mind but if bot conditions were met, would F2 MC override BI?

 

[The Man in Blue]

1 hour ago, Velho said:

Not applicable to this play since that throw was not an attempt to retire a runner but it did bring a question to mind but if bot conditions were met, would F2 MC override BI?

 

This was my thought.  MC, leave the runner on third, eject at the end of playing action, need a new catcher as you're still on defense, coach.

NFHS Softball states MC overrides obstruction . . . I don't think it is too far a walk to override interference as well (even though it is not explicitly said).

I don't think code or sport matter here.

Why would you say that is not applicable and not an attempt to retire a runner?  I mean, it is an intentional act to hit the batter, but it is being veiled as a play to retire the runner.

[The Man in Blue]

1 hour ago, grayhawk said:

Eject the catcher and call the police. Okay, I'm halfway kidding about the police, but the batter has been battered. This should be a criminal act.

Half of the battery battered the batter?!

[Velho]

2 hours ago, The Man in Blue said:

but it is being veiled as a play to retire the runner.

Not veiled well enough. There is a different angle shows definitively this throw was not to 3B. It was a solid 30 degrees off the foul line.

[Jonump]

ejected and suspended for the season, coach ejected, maybe same. If the coach objects to either of that I look forward to the appeal and to having the video played in the hearing

[SH0102]

Watch HPU, he calls the batter out (for INT is inferred)

Which is why this catcher has been coached to do this

I got asked at a d3 game once, “can you have batters INT on a pickoff throw?” And I told him “the bar is much higher than on a steal”. Otherwise any catcher can wait for a righty (to third) or lefty (to first) to step back and do what you see here in “an attempt to pickoff”

[Velho]

Other angle 

 

[The Man in Blue]

[mac266]

I don't know the softball rule, but this was clearly intentional on the catcher's part. AT BEST she was trying to draw a batter's interference call, but I'm 95% certain that was just pure malice.