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Originally Posted by parrothead
Yep that is a great point and we actually had that issue (same in softball too, its actually where I got it from in coaching my daughters team, when my son started playing LL, I thought it made sense in that setting)
One follow up to when you leave, one of the misunderstood rules too and I have actually had to talk to umps on this is that a lot of coaches and even some umps think its when ball crosses plate, but its actually its crosses batter, which I often though what if batter moved out of the box up front to allow the runner a few extra steps, is that a violation? (obviously if he hit the ball out of the box he is out)
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Actually it's when it reaches the batter, not crosses the batter. IOW when it becomes hitable.
By moving the batter up three feet you'be buying the runner about .05 seconds, not a few extra steps.