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Old Wed Feb 18, 2015, 07:32pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by wallyb View Post
greetings...would telling the coach that attempting to run to first base on ball 3 could be considered a form of delaying the game and citing rule 5-4 e be effective?
Are you prepared to forfeit a game for the purpose of stopping a coach from using a trick play?

The most you can get here is a warning or called strike for the batter leaving the batter's box assuming one of the exception is in effect, which was the case in the OP.
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