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Most of these slappers / dragbunter have great footwork through practice, and MOST of the time their foot is not actually touching the ground out of the box (it's mid-stride) when contact is made. I did see the ONE instance where it appeared the batter messed up and it wasn't caught - but 99.9% of the time that front foot is NOT in contact with the ground.
BTW - I do baseball as well, and the rules are identical (with the exception in some jurisdictions of making ANY contact with home plate while hitting the ball being an out, where in others it's not). The foot has to be not only completely outside the box, but also in contact with the ground when the ball contacts the bat. Conceivably (in either sport), a batter could rush the pitcher 4-5 steps and if they jumped and could hit the ball, they would be legal. Conceivably.
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