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Old Tue Jun 04, 2013, 11:56am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by Andy View Post
I, too, have seen it called once or twice. In both cases, the pitch was strike two with no runners on base. The catcher mistakenly thought it was strike 3 for a strike out and proceeded to throw the ball "around the horn".

This would be a proper application of the rule.
Umpires need to use some common sense here. Unless you are dealing with a Rube Baker, I'm not making that call unless it delays the game.
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