Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:45am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
No, it's not an illegal pitch or a HBP... it's a strike. Simple.
(The reasoning here is that the batter stepping out could have caused the pitcher to misthrow - causing the IP or HBP... the rule relieves us from having to form any judgement on whether the stepping out did or did not cause that... since it COULD have, it did. Call the strike.)
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What about "the pitcher legally delivers the ball"?
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