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Sometimes batters do run up and out of the box and actually make contact. They're out. More often, particularly if batters simply want to show slap or bunt to see what the defense is doing or keep them honest, they run up and out of the box with the foreknowledge that they're going to lay off the pitch, strike or not. I'm thinking more of those cases. Clearly out of the box, didn't offer, and got hit.
Those of us who also do high-level FP softball see more of this. Few batters are on the back line, and slaps and bunts are a (much) larger part of the game. But softball gives the batter an extra 12 inches forward. Their box is 3 by 7, not baseball's 4 by 6.
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