Your right. You gave a straight forward answer to a straight forward question but the answer was incorrect. You supplied the correct answer concerning an ambidextrous pitcher but there was no mention of an ambidextrous pitcher in the original question. Learn from it. G.
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Originally posted by Thom Coste
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Originally posted by PeteBooth
Originally posted by Thom Coste
The batter may change boxes one time during an at-bat, provided that the pitcher is not in position ready to pitch.
The aforementioned is not true.
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It was a straightforward answer to a straightforward question. No bullhockey about changing pitchers, yada yada, etc. Simply "Can the batter change boxes?" My answer is correct for that circumstance.
As for bluezebra, I confess I took some license from the NAPBL interp on Ambidextrous pitchers. The batter is expected to come to the plate and "take his position in the batter's box promptly ..." If he wants to change his mind once, so be it. But I'll not allow him to make a travesty of the game by switching back and forth from box to box, pitch after pitch. Make a choice and play the game.
To quote one authority, "This is very rarely done in the modern game." Don't make more of than it is. If you want to challenge my answer with nits, well then, have a ball.
Merry Christmas.
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