In a PIAA high school game on Monday night, we had the same play happen twice. Our team was on defense with a runner on second. The runner took off for third as the pitch was being thrown, our catcher drop stepped to get behind the batter who at the same time took a step back and then leaned forward. Our catcher had to throw over the batters back and ran into him, then he immediately yelled "INTERFERENCE". Both times the throw sailed into the outfield and the runner scored. We confronted the home plate umpire who said, "He was still in the box." Even the field umpire said it should have been interference. Yes, the batter was still in the box, but he moved back into the catchers play, even though the catcher drop stepped the way he's supposed to. Interference?
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