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Old Mon Jul 31, 2006, 06:56pm
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Originally Posted by spots101
One doesn't have to be a lizard to be able to look down right after impact from the bat hitting the ball and notice if the batter is out of the box. Notice I didn't say at the moment of impact but rather after impact. The batter's momentum will not allow him to instantly correct his "violation".
No, but his momentum will allow it to appear he was in violation when he really wasn't.

The rule doesn't say the foot needs to be on the ground "right after impact." Just because it might be on the ground after impact doesn't mean it was on the ground AT impact.
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