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Originally Posted by jxt127
6.06 (b) The batter is out if he steps from one box to the other while the pitcher is ready to pitch.
Actually had this happen last Thursday.
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The key phrase in your rule cite is "while the pitcher is ready to pitch." Until the pitcher assumes a legal pitching position, the batter is free to step into either batter's box and prepare to hit. Unless, that is, the pitcher happens to be ambidextrous, in which case different rules codes have different rulings for preventing an endless loop.