No tangle rule?

[sluggers]

In baseball, there is a no tangle rule. If the catcher and batter get tangled in a ball in front of the plate, then neither obstruction nor interference is called.

Is there something like that in softball?

 

[chinamigarden]

Never heard of that.

 

[Gags]

I'm being lazy and haven't checked the rules, but I think I looked into this as well a few years ago, and couldn't find anything that specifically addressed this issue.

IMO - there's times where the catcher can be quicker to a bunted ball than the batter, and we don't do a good enough job of coaching up the catchers to pounce on it right away.