Reply To: Running interference after third strike dropped

Certainly with a batted ball, a catcher who is trying to get to the ball and a runner who is runner to first collide — this is nothing, unless:

• There is intentional contact by either catcher or runner.
• The umpire decides that another fielder is protected to field the ball.
• The time a fielder is called for interference is when he is looking at the ball and not running.

Is a dropped 3rd strike different? The rule talks about a catcher fielding the ball, and does not explicitly say it is only a batted ball. It seems to me to be nothing.