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Originally Posted by topper
ASA punishes the defense with an IP (NCAA awards a ball to the batter and a warning for the 1st offense) when a catcher loses the count and erroneously throws the ball around when the bases are empty. Three questions:
1. Why is the rule in place?
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It is not an IP
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2. Why is there no penalty when the batter takes off to first after ball 3?
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Because there is no violation
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3. Why the IP in ASA when the penalty amounts to the same as NCAA - a ball on the batter?
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Again, it is not an IP