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Batting Out of the Batter’s Box
A batter’s box is 7 feet long by 3 feet wide. In order for the batter to be called out for batting out of the batter’s box, one foot or both feet must be on the ground completely outside of the lines of the box when contact is made with the ball. The lines of the batter’s box are considered inside of the batter’s box. The batter is also to be called out if any part of a foot is touching home plate when she makes contact with the ball even though she may be touching the lines of the batter’s box. The ball is dead. The batter is out whether the ball is fair or foul. In cases where there are no batter’s box lines evident, good judgment must be used and the benefit of any doubt must go to the batter. If no contact is made with the ball, there is no penalty.
Two commonly misunderstood terms are obstruction and interference.
Interference is an act by any OFFENSIVE player that prevents the defensive player from making a play. Interference can be caused by a batter, a runner, on-deck batter, plate umpire, and spectators. The effect is generally that the ball is dead and the runner is out. Each runner must return to the last base legally touched at the time of the interference.
Obstruction is an act by any DEFENSIVE player that prevents the offensive player from making the play. When obstruction occurs, the umpire shall call and signal a delayed dead ball. The ball is dead and the runners advance, without liability to be put out, to the bases they would have reached, in the umpire’s judgment, if there had been no obstruction.
A foul tip is a batted ball, which goes directly from the bat, not higher than the batters head, to the catcher’s hands or glove/mitt, and is legally caught by the catcher. If it is not caught, it becomes a foul ball. A foul tip is a strike and the batter is out if it is the third strike and legally caught. The ball remains alive with all runners advancing with the liability to be put out. The foul tip is treated as if it were a swing and a miss. A batted ball that goes higher than the batter’s head is a foul ball and if legally caught the batter is out regardless of the count.