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Old Sun Oct 16, 2022, 10:46pm
Rich Ives Rich Ives is offline
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Originally Posted by bbman View Post
Was watching high school level game today. Plate umpire called batter out after getting hit by a pitched ball. Come to find out the ump says she got hit by a pitched ball while out of the box. Is there a rule to this effect?
Are you sure of the explanation? No rule basis if correct UNLESS:

Was she trying to hit the ball at the time?

Was she out of the box over the plate and the pitch was in the strike zone?

If either then perhaps it was strike 3?
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