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Originally posted by CecilOne
About "batter in not allowed to leave the box or you start calling strikes " - the batter can leave the box if the pitcher is not in position, but the strikes can be called for "failing to promptly take her position". Talk about nit-picking!
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Oh, absolutely! Actually, it only requires the pitcher to be in the circle with the ball and the catcher to be in the box. It also goes on to say that if the batter leaves on what they believed to be a ball four call, then no penalty should be assessed.
Didn't say I would do something like that, but I have heard umpires make this threat, along with USC for player and coach. I even heard one guy as a player in another area, threaten to forfeit the game when a runner took off to first with only a 3-ball count. Told the coach he was making a travesty of the game. I got my tail away from that area QUICK!
I would never allow the batter to get halfway to 1B.
[Edited by IRISHMAFIA on Apr 15th, 2003 at 12:32 PM]