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Old Wed May 16, 2007, 12:21pm
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VanStanza
...a batter can certainly dig a better footing hole in order to hit. It is usually the back line. However, you certainly will not let a batter remove a front line or either of the sides of a batter's box. A batter can place their foot on a line of the batter's box, as long as it is completely within the outer edge of the lines.
What back line?

And what's the penalty when I remove it?
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