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LH batter runs up in the box to slap the ball toward 3B. As the batter begins to step into the ball, decides not to hit the ball and steps in front of the plate to let the ball pass, but it catches her on the thigh.
Offense want the batter awarded 1B on a HBP. Catcher tells her coach it would have been a strike. The batter is on the ground crying.
The umpire should rule:
1. Ball
2. HBP
3. Strike
4. No pitch
5. Allow a courtesy runner
[Edited by IRISHMAFIA on Jan 30th, 2006 at 07:43 AM]
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