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Old Tue Feb 15, 2005, 09:16am
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Re: So, what you are saying is...

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Originally posted by rwest
So, the bat does not have to be in the hands of the batter to be a legal hit? Does this also mean that if the batters foot is completely out of the batter's box when the bat makes contact with the ball,whether or not his hand is on the bat, it is a dead ball, batter out?

That is what the rule says.

When an entire foot is touching the ground completely
outside the lines of the batter's box when the ball
makes contact with the bat.



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