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A few random thoughts...
If this play is to be ruled a foul ball, then we obviously have no interference on a potential steal situation because runners can't attempt a steal on a foul ball.
One problem I see in ruling this a foul ball instead of a swing and a miss is that the batter may have saved himself/herself from a strikeout by hitting the ball (albeit inadvertently) on the backswing. The pitcher gets cheated out of a strikeout if there were already two strikes on the batter.
Maybe we have an illegally batted ball here? The batter has, in effect, swung twice at the pitch.
Last edited by John Robertson; Mon Sep 11, 2006 at 09:23am.
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