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Old Sun Aug 23, 2009, 07:52pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve View Post
They can't leave the base until the pitch reaches the batter. The ball is live, just like regular baseball. The umpire, especially the goof working the California/Mass game, kept giving the count, then putting up a stop sign, then pointing it back in play after nearly every pitch when the batter wasn't quite ready in the box. Ridiculous.

But they're volunteering their time.
They did that in one of the regionals as well. He would put the ball in play before EVERY pitch in the game. It looked pretty goofy.
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