Thread: In the Box???
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Old Thu Mar 23, 2006, 08:57am
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Originally Posted by TexBlue
Yeah, that was how I was stopping him. I always keep the hand up. But he was just trying me, I guess, to see how much I'd let him get away with. However, when several umpires tell me the batter is considered in the box, with only one foot, I like to know where in the rule book that is covered.
The answer is normally under batting infractions. Don't have any books handy, (in between living areas) but it should cover what is and isn't considered in out out of the box.
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