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Originally Posted by blueump
Here was a new one...couldn't believe my eyes!
FED ball - start of a new inning. Batter steps into the box. Takes ball one. I hear some rumbling from the players in his dugout. As he steps into the box for the second pitch some of the players are now yelling to him to "step out of the box".
Before the pitcher gets a chance to throw the second pitch, the other coach requests that the batter be intentionally walked. I point to first base, he drops his bat and trots to first, amid the now louder yells from his dugout, not to go. He pauses, and seems confused, but goes down to first anyway.
Once he gets there, the coach who requested the walk comes out and points out that he is the wrong batter - one slot too early. He's called out, and then returns to the box for his correct at bat!
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Minor correction. The correct batter is called out, not the improper batter. The improper batter, if he is the next batter after the correct batter called out, comes back to the plate to bat again.
Also, I read some of the posts that follow. If an improper batter bats, and the next batter is intentionallly walked you can't then appeal BOO unless the batter who is intentionally walked is also an improper batter. This was changed a couple years ago to prevent intentionally walking a power hitter with no pitchers so he loses his turn at bat, and then getting an out on a BOO situation that happened before he came to the plate. Intentionally walking is considered a play.