After Braves batter Marcell Ozuna's bat hit Dodgers catcher Will Smith's mask on a fly ball to left field, the two had a brief conversation before umpires and teammates intervened. Did a rules infraction occur or was this a legal play? We review using...baseball math! Article: https://www.closecallsports.com/2023/...

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Our mathematical proof at the conclusion of the video suggests catcher Smith had nowhere to go at the back of the catcher's box, rendering this a somewhat inevitable incursion with both players not violating any rules.

We also discuss the soft INT backswing interference (strike only) rule for OBR and NCAA, as well as NFHS's auto-interference on the backswing rule.