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Originally Posted by Leecedar
And regarding whether or not he lifted his foot prior to hitting the ball... if his foot is on the ground completely out of the batter's box... and he doesn't put it back in, then you can't say he's in the batter's box.
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I don't have to say that he's in the box, or even see that he is. I will call a violation only if I see him hit the ball when one foot is
not in the box. And in the vast, vast majority of cases, I will not see this.
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Originally Posted by Leecedar
Sorry... since 99% of ALL hitters plant their front foot prior to hitting a ball, seeing if their foot is completely out of the box is a relatively easy call... if there's an awkward swing, it's not hard to see a big enough picture to glance at the batter's foot... most times.
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You are
inferring a violation, which is bad umpiring practice. Penalize only violations that you see, not what probably happened.
I have seen only one umpire that I admire call this, and that was a slap bunt by a LH batter who had both feet out of the box and was 5 feet toward the mound when he bunted an off-speed pitch that screwed up his (the batter's) timing. Granny could have called that one, which is why PU had to.
So I will not deny that I would call this, but none of the cases I've seen described in this (or the other) thread would merit the call from me, because I would not have seen it.