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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Who says it is a cheap out? Did the defense not offer the batter the opportunity to put the ball in play? In some circumstances, does the batter not attempt and fail to put the ball into play?
While people want to hold the defense accountable here, it is the batter who placed herself in jeopardy, no one else. If there is anything cheap here, it would be awarding a runner to a team that did nothing to deserve such an award.
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True for the most part. However... on a play where the ball got seriously away from the catcher, and it's obvious the batter runner would have achieved first had the appealled swing happened immediately (or a play where the swing was more obvious and the PU called it), then we have to put that batter runner on base.
I agree that the "norm" here, or the default, should simply be an out.