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Old Thu Oct 08, 2009, 04:17pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve View Post
In OBR it's not officially considered "cheating."

In FED, rule 7-3-4 states that "a batter shall not permit a pitched ball to touch him." That is saying directly that it is cheating.

6.08(b)(2) doesn't come right out and call it cheating, but only players or coaches would not consider it a form of cheating trying to get a base on balls by intentionally allowing the pitch to hit them.
And in the OP, the batter didn't just let it hit him, he moved into the pitch.
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