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Originally posted by LDUB
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Originally posted by DG
In theory, the pitcher could pitch to the batter without hitting him and I would still call strikes, per rule.
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I think it would not matter if the batter was hit with the ball, unless it was intentional. Think about it, batter gets hit, ball is dead. If the batter gets hit by a pitch in the strike zone, then it is a strike. In this case the strike zone is where ever the pitch is. Therefore I think it would be a dead ball strike.
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I thought of two ways to throw the pitches and actually had it posted, but then edited my post when I realized that throwing a strike while the batter is standing on the plate would be intentionally throwing at a batter, ie not legal. The other way is to throw the ball into the other box, like an intentional walk, but I call strikes by rule. But I think this is an excellent 9.02(c) situation and it will save time and not risk injury if I just call him out for delay of game, and being stupid.