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Originally Posted by Big Slick
Personally, I favor the proposed language. It removes all argument from the DC. I had one this year (DI game) in which the batter began her swing (stride and hips, keeping her hands "back" like a good hitter), the pitch was up and in and hit her in the chest. DC (who's name appears in the rule book of an amateur association we discuss frequently in this forum) said she initiated contact with the ball. The pitch was at least a foot inside the batter's box. New language keeps him quite.
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Keeps him quite what?
I don't disagree with the point this quiets the DC, and may make an umpire's job somewhat easier. But should those be reasons to change what has been a standard for quite a while? If it is, would not eliminating the LBR also keep the DC quiet? Ohh, sorry, momentary sense of intelligent reasoning.
But the problem, and subsequent arguments, that will now be prevelant will still involve the batter "stepping" into the hit the ball and end up being hit by the ball and the umpire will STILL have to make a judgment similar to whether the batter attempted to avoid a pitch or not.