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Old Mon Apr 11, 2011, 02:13pm
Suudy Suudy is offline
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Originally Posted by Suudy View Post
What about the case of swinging at an IBB? I can't find a video of Cabrera's hit, but I wonder how far he had to reach. Are illegally batted balls called at all?
Doh! Nevermind.... I missed this post:

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Originally Posted by MikeStrybel View Post
Babe Ruth was called out when he stepped across the plate to hit a pitch on an intentional walk.
But this was a long time ago. I don't know how often people actually swing at IBBs. But I presume the PU is looking at feet in these cases, no?