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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu
Not so. When I'm calling SP and see a flat or over 12' high pitch, I'll call "Illegal!" If the batter swings and hits the ball, I immediately say: "That made it legal!" or "It's legal now."
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Where is that in the umpire manual? You shouldn't be saying anything.
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Most batters know they have the option of swinging at an illegal pitch and will live with the results. Many batters seem to actually like those flat pitches.
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I don't understand what that has to do with the fact that the pitcher violated 6.1.C & 6.7
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Since in our OP, the batter contacted the IP, the IP is canceled.
And we're left with just the "No pitch" inadvertant call. So if'n that's all we're left with, I doin' a do-over. Course I'd hope to never be in that position in the first place. But maybe my partner who's calling the plate that game will be the one to brain fart. 
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You just said it,
THERE IS NO PITCH FOR THE BATTER TO CONTACT!!!