If it were FED:
7-3-3 "A batter shall not disconcert the ptcher by stepping out of the box on one side of home plate to the box on the other side while the pitcher is in position ready to pitch.
PENALTY: The ball becomes dead immediately. The batter is out."
(No requirement for pitching motion to have started, only that pitcher be on rubber, ready to pitch. You would also require the catcher to be in the catcher's box because of 6-3-3-1.)
Roger Greene,
Member UT
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