Great Point BretMan. I wonder if MLB put the new wording in to intice players a little. Saying "Go ahead, place a foot on the line and the rest of your foot out of the box, thats ok. *wink~wink* But keep in mind if you do this we are going to call you out once the ball bounces back up and hits you." Maybe in a round~about way to "teach" the players a lesson to make them keep the feet all of the way in the box and not try to "leagally cheat" by have at least some portion of the foot on the line and the rest out of the box?
Just a thought.