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Re: Good Point, IRISHMAFIA
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Originally posted by rwest
So, what you are saying is that the ball has to cross the front knee to be a strike and that a pitch nicking the corner is not going to cross the knee. But, in your opinion, does the ball have to cross the back corner? Can the ball cross over the plate and land to the side half way back, not crossing the back corner and still be a strike?
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I have seen it done, but the pitch was marginally legal high and the batter about 5'2".
A note though, at the level where stealing is allowed, any ball which does not reach the back corners of the plate is to be ruled dead. This is basically affirming that the ball did not "pass" the plate. Using that as a guideline, if no part of the ball gets pass the back corners, it will usually be a "ball".
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