Thread: Batter's hands
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Old Fri Mar 28, 2008, 10:35pm
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Originally Posted by rngrck
Well I got news for you!! I had a batter extending hands so far over the plate, that the pitcher complained he couldn't see F2's target. Well, I agreed and had the batter back off the hands. In this case, The B1 was deliberately trying to distract the pitcher. Thats was my ruling and I'm sticking to it. LOL.
No legitimate rule I know of to prohibit batter from loitering over the plate as long as his feet are where they need to be. A good pitcher will get him off the plate rather quickly.
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