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Originally Posted by mbyron
You mentioned this example before, but I didn't see the logic of it. This is an example of a case that is NOT CI, which can only be so helpful in determining whether a different case IS CI.
So I guess that this is saying that the only way NOT to call CI on this is if the batter "completely gives up his opportunity to swing or bunt." How would he do that? By stepping out during the pitch?
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Yes.
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By taking all the way? By just standing there?
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No.
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Perhaps you can see how adherents of my reading (b) could glom onto this as supporting their reading. They might think that if the batter doesn't swing, he's given up his opportunity to swing, and so according to J/R this would not constitute CI. I think that this muddies the issue further.
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J/R says it is not CI if the batter completely gives up his opportunity to
swing or bunt at the pitch. The batter does that by stepping out.
2.00 says it is CI if the catcher prevents the batter from
hitting the pitch. If the catcher has caught the pitch in front of the plate, he has surely prevented the batter from hitting it, whether or not he attempts to do so.