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Old Wed Dec 06, 2006, 04:29pm
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
Kind of stupid to penalize a batter for getting a prompt start to first base on what could be a 4th ball. The ball is live and he can keep going - it is not "showing up the umpire" to try to get whatever advantage he can.
Huge advantage on the 99.9% of the time that the catcher catches the pitch
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