Batty67 posted:Thanks for weighing in Swampboy. I'm not "claiming" interference on the double steal. Okay. Let's say on that one swing he connected with the ball and hit it fair and ended up standing directly on the plate when swing was finished (and assuming you noticed this, which I presume has to be more likely with a batter standing on top of the plate every single pitch)? What if he did the above but fouled it off? Curious if there is any call to make.
Where the ball goes and where the batter goes after impact are not relevant to this call. Fair or foul doesn't matter. I've never seen it, but the call could be made on a foul tip.
If the batter hits a pitched ball with either foot or knee completely out of the box at the moment of impact, he is out. A foot in the air does not count as being out of the box.
Given the tendency of batters box lines to blur early in the game, it has to be blatant to get called. I need to KNOW the foot was absolutely down before impact and was clearly and completely out of the box (including the fuzzy chalk/clay mix) to make the call. It's not a call I look for--it has to call attention to itself.