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Indeed
Players are under the impression that if there are no lines for a batters box then there is no batter's box. Of course we all know better. So ask the batter, "since the fair line no longer goes all the way out to the fair pole does that mean that line doesn't exist also?". I called a batter out for stepping out of the box when he made contact with the ball when there were no lines. He of course argued. I told him and his teamates that if they insisted that I draw a batter's box for each subsequent batter that I would have to go to my truck to get a tape measure and measure the box exactly for each batter so that I would be sure to get the call right. And once we had done that for each batter they would have about 10 minutes of playing time. "Which would you prefer gentlemen? Play ball or me draw?"
We played ball...go figure.
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