strick zone and runner interfence

Question
Is it possible for the ball to be legal pitched 6ft to 12 ft and land 3ft behine home plate and be a srike? in slow pitch? If a runner is forced off second base and don,t come off and is hit by a thrown ball wile on base is out? what i mean by force there is arunner on 1st and 2nd. no outs. thanks Hosea

Answer
Hi Hosea,

Sure it could be a strike, it's where the ball crosses the plate in relationship to the batter standing adjacent to the plate in a normal batting stance.  It is not where the ball hits the ground.

I would think most of the time we would have interference on this one.  There appears by your question to be an attempt to force the runner from 1st at 2nd by a throw from the defense.  Someone has to be attempting to catch the throw I would think.  R2 cannot hinder that and IMO he would be by not moving off the base.  I would have at least one out (R2) and maybe a 2nd out if in my opinion it was a obvious attempt to break up a double play.

Mark