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Originally posted by mcrowder
Pete, there was NEVER a time where we rung up a strike on a batter for thinking he had been given ball four and taking a step or two toward first base before we said, "STRIKE!". Never ever. Why would you say that? That's something I would expect from any one of 2 current or 4 previous posters.
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7.3.1F is the relevant case. I seem to recall that it was changed a few years ago -- iirc, the ruling used to be that B1 was charged an additional strike. It generally wasn't called, though (unless B1 had previously done something to po the pu).