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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Okay, NFHS 1.1.9 specifically instructs the umpire to address an incorrect batter's box by correcting it immediately upon being brought to the umpires attention.
So, the option is correct it once the game starts (as 1.1.9 directs) or as a preventive measure, have it done prior to the game starting. I wouldn't start a game knowing something is amiss without addressing it and my method of correcting improperly drawn BB is to just eliminate it. The lines are there for the teams, not the umpires and I can pretty much guarantee you (the umpire) are better off with no lines than an incorrect BB.
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I find that many of HS batter's boxes are a couple inches short in the front. For some reason, the "grounds crew" wants to make the front edge of the box square with the foul line, when in fact, the outside corner should be about 4.5" into fair territory. Before the plate meeting, I used my size 14s (when I still had two of them), to drag the chalk out to where it needed to be.
