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Originally Posted by BigGuy
Wouldn't you say if one foot is completely out of the batter's box that it's blatant - or the batter is stepping on home plate? It's an easy one to ignore, but come tournament time, what are you going to do? Nobody goes looking for them, but what usually happens is that the batter is standing on the inside edge and his natural motion carries him out. That's when I start to watch. Usually you'll catch it on bunt situations. The thing is you can't not call it if you see it unless you want to claim ignorance of the situation to the opposing coach. Then you are favoring the offending team IMHO
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Worry about other things first.
BTW, stepping on home plate may or may not be a violation. In FED and NCAA it is. In OBR, and OBR-derived rules, the only criteria is that the foot be on the ground entirely outside the box. Home plate doesn't enter into it. And in all, if the batter hits the ball and only after that his foot comes down, it's not a violation. If you look down after the contact you might get the timing wrong - let alone that you should be tracking the ball for a fair/foul call and other live ball possibilities.