The rules on batter interference in baseball are designed to ensure that the batter doesn't give his team an unfair advantage, and that the other team doesn't cause the batter to be at a disadvantage. Offensive interference can take place through interfering with the ball or a player making a play. Defensive interference with the batter occurs by obstructing the swing or running path of the batter.
Because this potential exists, Major League Baseball created rules to govern any situation involving fan interference in a game. Fan interference has had some extraordinary effects on big games and big moments in baseball.
In baseball, catcher’s interference is when a catcher, unintentionally or intentionally, interferes with a batter trying to hit a pitched ball. Interference, in this sense, would be the bat swung by the batter striking an...
Interference may be perpetrated by a member of either team, a spectator, authorized facilities personnel, or even one of the umpires. Everyone on the field is required to make a good-faith effort to move out of the way of a liv...
Some of the rules are part of the fabric of society: three outs in an inning, three strikes and the batter is out and nine innings to a game. Other rules are far more complicated. That includes the rules on interference and obs...
Interference in baseball is one of the less common rules violations, but understanding it is important in case an interference situation does arise. Interference is any type of action during the game that impedes normal game ac...
The pitcher pitches, the batter swing and the fielders make plays. Then it's done all over again. However, the pace of the game can go from 0-to-100 in an instant. When interference occurs in the game, managers, coaches and pla...
