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Originally Posted by Armadillo_Blue
I was reading older threads and had a question.
In a number of places I read that if the ball hits the ground the onus of avoiding the ball is removed from the batter.
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That's not a rule -- it's more of a "practical application." In 99.99% of the cases, you're going to give the batter the benefit of the doubt when a pitch hits the dirt.
The "slow rolling pitch" is the exception that proved the "rule."