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Heard this one the other night when I ruled the batter out for being out of the box and making contact with the ball. It was a right-handed batter with the ball of his left foot infront of and to the 1B side of the plate. It was a no brainer.
The on deck batter argued that only the front half of the foot was on the ground, out of the box at the time of contact. I thanked him very much for confirming my call. The he said that since the complete foot wasn't on the ground, out of the box I could not make that call.
I explained to him that the rule only requires that part of the foot in contact with the ground at the time of the hit be completely out of the box.
I don't think he believed me, but he just shrugged and stepped up to the plate.
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