Question for the ASA gurus...
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8-1-G: (Fast Pitch) If the batter is hit anywhere, including the hands, while swinging at a pitch: EFFECT: The ball is dead and a strike called. If it is strike three, the batter is out.
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Why is this rule located in the section entitled
The Batter Becomes a Batter-Runner? (8-1) Shouldn't it be under
A Strike Is Called By The Umpire (7-4)?
Is there ever a case where 8-1-G would occur and the batter
would become a batter-runner?