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Old Thu May 19, 2005, 03:30pm
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Re: Foot on the ground

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Originally posted by bkbjones
At least one foot has to be on the ground completely outside the batter's box when contact is made for the batter to be out.

If it's not on the ground completely outside of the box until AFTER contact, it's just a foul ball.
I think you answered the wrong question. It was not abput being out for batting the ball while outside the box. It was about being hit with a batted ball and whether the B/BR is still protected as inside the box after touching the ground outside the box.
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