Batter interference on strike three

Umpire made the right call, think about it, there has to be some penalty, the penalty being to call the runner out, or else every single time a batter swings at strike three, he would interfere with the catcher.

I dont understand if you have a question here. The rule is that with almost all interference (except 'weak' interference) someone's going to be called out. If the batter is already out on the strikeout, its the runner.

Can you explain what "weak interference" is?

And - what if umpire calls interference, but the catcher still gets the runner out? Does the batter get called out, or is it just assumed that the interference did not matter since he got the runner anyyway?

If the runner is thrown out, the interference is ignored (rule 6.06c), so the out stands.
By 'weak interference', do you mean interference by the umpire?

Not the umpire.


6.06 (c) comment:

If a batter strikes at a ball and misses and swings so hard he carries the bat all the way around and, in the umpire’s judgment, unintentionally hits the catcher or the ball in back of him on the backswing before the catcher has securely held the ball, it shall be called a strike only (not interference). The ball will be dead, however, and no runner shall advance on the play.

This is know as 'weak' or 'backswing' interference. Dead ball, runner returns, but NO out is called.

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Originally posted by mennaj:
I was at a minor league game (New York - Penn League, short season) Runner on first one out, running on the pitch, batter strikes out swinging and is called for batter interfering with the catcher attempting to throw out runner who was safe at second. The umpire called the runner out at second, I thought he should have sent the runner back to first and continued the inning.

With less than two outs and the hitter interferes with the catcher the hitter is out and runner goes back......With two outs the runner is out......When attempting to throw out base stealers.....

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Originally posted by LOW337:

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Originally posted by mennaj:
I was at a minor league game (New York - Penn League, short season) Runner on first one out, running on the pitch, batter strikes out swinging and is called for batter interfering with the catcher attempting to throw out runner who was safe at second. The umpire called the runner out at second, I thought he should have sent the runner back to first and continued the inning.

With less than two outs and the hitter interferes with the catcher the hitter is out and runner goes back......With two outs the runner is out......When attempting to throw out base stealers.....

Don't confuse the interferemce rules. In the OP the batter was out on strikes so the runner is called out. On less than three strikes the batter will be out. The only time the outs make a difference is when the runner is stealing home. In that case, then with less than two outs the runner is out. With two outs the batter is out. In all other situations the outs don't matter.
Also, as noted above, if the runner is put out then there is no interference. Remember, this is on the initial throw. If the runner gets in a rundown or the SS cuts it and throws home, then kill it and enforce the BI.

MST -
So if there is interference on the throw down in a 1st/3rd situation, and the SS cuts it and throws home, then you call the play dead, and R3 goes back to 3rd?

That is correct. Once the initial out isn't made, then kill it, call the batter out and return the runners to their TOP bases.