This is maybe not the best first post, since it doesn't even concern the Athletics, but it might be interesting for some of you anyway.

I switched in on the Yankees game on Saturday against the Royals and something funny happend in the 4th inning (If you have MLB.com maybe you can go and have a look).

Damon is on first and Jeter is hitting. Damon steals second and is safe. The umpires have a short discussion send Damon back to first because of interfirience.

So far so good, the only thing, Jeter is not out. The showed the reply and Jeter was not actually in the way. He swung and stayed in the batters-box crouching down. The catcher however touches Jeter after he threw the ball.

I never heard of this ruling and it seems wrong to me. Either it is interfierence or it is not. This is like a middle thing, sending the runner back and letting the hitter continue.

The Royals manager came out and the umps explained it for a couple of seconds and that was that. No big discussions, nothing.

Are there any rule gurus here that know what was going on here?