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In OBR, only if the batter's entire foot is out of the batter's box when they contact the ball is the batter out. Simply because the batter's foot is touching home plate doesn't mean that he is out of the batter's box.
Not only must he be out of the batter's box but he MUST contact the ball, in this situation there was no contact so no foul.
Sorry to say the umpire was wrong.
Having said that, on this situation if the runner is attempting to come home and the batter squares in front of the catcher for the sole purpose of blocking the catcher from getting to the runner you might have batter interference.
Last edited by tibear; Fri Aug 24, 2007 at 10:29am.
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