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Fast pitch & baseball are the same with regard to a pitch in the dirt. If it is swung at for strike three, then it is considered a dropped 3rd strike. Batter cannot go if first is occupied EXCEPT when there are two outs. With two outs it does not matter whether someone is on first or not..you can go. The umpire mechanic is to call strike 3.
Same situation applies if it is not swung at..called strike 3, and the catcher drops it.
I have had catchers throw it on the ground after I call strike 3 for the 3rd out, then the batter runs up the line and by then the first baseman has left the field.
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