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Originally Posted by RonRef
I agree with Steve, the couple of times I have called it was on bunts plays like he described. Why would you have to keep tracking a pitch that you know is about 2-3 feet outside? We need to call this infraction "if" we see it. It bothers me when I read that guys will flat out ignore it even if they see it. We won't catch them all that is for sure, but if it is obvious we need to get it! You say you can't do two things at the same instance, then how do you track the pitch and see if the batter checked his swing or if he offered at a bunt?
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Because those things usually happen in my frame of vision as I'm tracking the pitch. But I will get blocked out from time to time even then and that's why we have the check swing appeal.
Philosophically speaking: I just don't see why a foot out of the box on a bunt (usually a sac bunt on a bad pitch) is something we should be jumping all over. The offense is giving away an out in the first place. Let them do it. But then again, I'm not seeing it. I don't look down at the feet when I'm working the plate.