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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu
Had this in a league finals game earlier this week. I was BU.
Defense chose not to intentionally walk a particular batter, but clearly was giving him nothing to hit.
Now I seem to recall that once the ball hits the ground it is dead (no stealing in this league).
There's some chippiness from both teams during this particular AB, which reaches a count of 3-1. Pitcher, trying to bust filberts, rolls the ball towards HP. Batter, in return, swings at the pitch. PU made the count 3-2.
So that's where I have a question. The pitch was both illegal and dead when it hit the ground 10 feet in front of the pitcher. If the batter managed to hit this ball, would it be an illegally batted ball? Does that result in a strike anyway, or should it have been ball 4.
It turned out that the pitcher's next pitch was about 20' high and well behind the batter for ball 4.
Thanx.
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There is no rule preventing the pitcher from doing this in ASA SP. Stealing is irrelevant as the runner may not steal on a pitched ball that has landed in front of or on the plate.
The batter may not legally hit a pitched ball that has touched the ground prior to reaching the plate or the plate.
This is simply a dead ball, IP, ball on the batter.