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Originally Posted by BretMan
Did you actually talk to the umpire and did he actually say he saw the pitch touch the batter? We know the rule, but what we don't know is what the plate umpire saw and judged. Maybe he didn't call time because he didn't see it hit the batter.
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Absolutely. At first I was going to let it go but a light bulb went off when I thought "that hit the batter, it's a dead ball." I asked for time to discuss it with the PU. The PU said that it was still a live ball even though it had hit the batter. The BU came in and backed him up on it as well (both that the batter was hit by the ball and that it was still live).