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Originally Posted by msavakinas
I'm not saying it was a foul ball, and neither was Fletcher. He said that Kendrick moved into the pitch. Which by starting to swing (even though it wasn't an actual swing) he did. Which is the correct call. Look at the video on link below and you'll see I'm correct. Just search "eject" and you'll find it eventually.
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How do you get that being the correct call? If the batter did not strike at the ball, it's a hit by pitch. The fact that he was "moving into the pitch" is irrelevant unless he intentionally tried to get hit. Is that what Fletcher ruled, that Kendrick tried to get hit? What does the press release say about the play? Did Fletcher call dead ball strike or foul? My only detailed source said foul ball, and they closely investigate these things for accuracy's sake. If it "wasn't an actual swing," and the ball was not in the strike zone, and the batter did not intentionally allow the pitched ball to touch him, it's a HBP.
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Originally Posted by msavakinas
Replays also show Mota paused momentarily while coming the plate with his left foot. He stopped and restarted. Watch it and you'll see it around 1:49, although it was never mentioned.
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp
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Then it should not have been a balk, it should have been nothing and start over from scratch, as both batter and pitcher violated a rule. 6.02(b) Comment.
I will try to get these videos to play properly, but there is no way of spooling the clips to get them to run in real time on my slow machine, so usually it's a real PIA to do.